St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham is a primary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 May 2025. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 90% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
- In 2024/25, 26% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 55 of the 62 other Gateshead primary schools with a published outcome; there were 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers.
- Pupils eligible for free school meals make up 6.9%, against a middle figure of 17.1% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gateshead.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gateshead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Duckpool Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 4HB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 May 2025
Strengths
- “The school is a warm and welcoming place where pupils are happy and safe.”
- “It has high ambitions for what pupils can achieve.”
- “These ambitions are generally realised.”
To improve
- “The quality of education on offer is not fully reflected in the published outcomes in 2024.”
- “However, this approach is not consistent across the curriculum.”
- “In a small number of subjects, some pupils continue to have gaps in their knowledge that are not successfully addressed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 June 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) | 90% | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 29 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 Gateshead.
- Washingwell Community Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Swalwell Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Front Street Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Dunston Hill Community Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fellside Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Whickham Parochial Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Clover Hill Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Riverside Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published