# St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham is a primary school in Gateshead, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 189 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E149053. [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 189
- Council: Gateshead
- URN: 149053

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, May 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 8 May 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 90% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Whickham met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Gateshead and 62% in England.
26% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Gateshead | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 90% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 26% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Washingwell Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/washingwell-community-primary-school-e108356): 690 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Swalwell Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/swalwell-primary-school-e108342): 820 m. Primary. Good (overall), May 2023. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Front Street Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/front-street-community-primary-school-e108350): 880 m. Primary. School remains Outstanding, October 2023. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kingsmeadow Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingsmeadow-community-school-e108410): 1.1 km. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 45.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Dunston Hill Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/dunston-hill-community-primary-school-e108338): 1.1 km. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Whickham School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whickham-school-e137360): 1.2 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 50.2 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149053)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149053)

## How to cite

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