St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.30 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 19 March 2025. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 3.30 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 3.30 miles away, 12th longest of the 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- 2024/25: 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, so 9 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
- 14.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside is 24.9%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Great Lime Road, Forest Hall, Great Lime Road, Forest Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 7AB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 19 March 2025
Strengths
- “St Mary’s is an inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils are safe in school and conduct themselves well.”
- “Relationships are strong between adults and pupils.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ learning in the wider curriculum is sometimes variable.”
- “However, there is a small number of pupils who are not making the progress through the curriculum that they should.”
- “Teachers do not consistently adapt teaching and learning to meet the needs of all pupils in the class.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 83% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- Westmoor Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ivy Road Primary School 0.4 mi Inadequate Last distance published
- Forest Hall Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Benton Dene Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Amberley Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grasmere Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bailey Green Primary School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided) 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published