St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall

St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall at a glance

Located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 194 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 10.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 39% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Competition for places is real here - 76% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (38 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 24.5 pupils per teacher. St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.