XP Gateshead
Free schools · Secondary
Felling · NE10 9UZ · Gateshead
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137852
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Academy converter · Gateshead · NE9 6RZ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,505
Local authority
Gateshead
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Gateshead, Gateshead, 1,505 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 25.3%. Religious character: Roman Catholic.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137852
Location
- Address
- Old Durham Road, Beacon Lough
- Postcode
- NE9 6RZ
- Town
- Gateshead
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- Gateshead
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,505
- Boys / girls
- 762 / 743
- School capacity
- 1,465
- Capacity fill
- 1,505 / 1,465 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 25.3%
- FSM pupils
- 317
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Governance
- Academy trust: BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Contact
- Telephone
- 01914877638