XP Gateshead
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C66
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Felling, NE10 9UZ
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Old Durham Road, Beacon Lough, Gateshead, NE9 6RZ
Local ranking1st of 9 secondary schools in Gateshead
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1465
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 250
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 15.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
101
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 237
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1496
- Boys
- 762 (51%)
- Girls
- 743 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1465 (103% full)
- SEND
- 9.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.1%
- EAL
- 15.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 7.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 94.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,764/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 79.3%
- White Other: 7.3%
- Black African: 4.3%
- Other: 2.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Black Other: 1.0%
79.3%
White British
7.3%
White Other
4.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137852
- UKPRN
- 10036181
- Establishment No.
- 4605
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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