Secondary · NE15 · Newcastle upon Tyne

St Cuthbert's High School

Gretna Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 7PX

BISHOP BEWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance95.5%
AttainmentProgress 8: 0.00
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1224

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (30 Jun 2021).

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NE15. Where we have them, council (Newcastle upon Tyne) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1224
Free school meals
45.2%
4.1% above district average (41.1%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 42.1% · England 25.8%

SEN
18.7%
9.7% below district average (28.4%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 17.5% · England 16.5%

EAL
36.8%
12.9% above district average (23.9%)
Attendance
95.5%
1.1% above district average (94.4%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 90.6% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
9.5%
Progress 8
0.00 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
49
Grade 5+ English & maths
51.5%
Grade 4+ English & maths
69.7%
Entered for EBacc
60.6%
EBacc average point score
4.45

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NE15 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.5%
  • 2021/2291.3%
  • 2022/2390.2%
  • 2023/2491.9%
  • 2024/2592%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1304
Pupils on roll
1224

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Newcastle upon Tyne page.

SEN support

SEN %
18.7%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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