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St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–9 · Academy
Hencotes, Hexham NE46 2EE · stmaryshexham.bwcet.com · 01434 603791
On the mapSearch near NE46 2EE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2023
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 81
- 54% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.7%
- First language not English
- 4.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 9 families put the school first and 10 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 11 | 10 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 11 July 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jul 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 122311), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122311)
Before September 2019
Jun 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122311)
Sept 2007Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 122311)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 21
- 19% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied