Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,505 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.2
Community special school
Hill Top School
- Pupils on roll
- 127of 120 places
- Free school meals
- 66.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 21
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 14 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Joicey Road School (URN 108421); Hewburn School (URN 108424).
What the data says
Of the 20 pupils who finished Year 11 at Hill Top School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Hill Top School’s own sixth form (Gateshead average 40%), 45% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 5% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Gateshead and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hill Top School | Gateshead | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 20 | 2,044 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 50% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Gateshead
Grace College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,125 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Heworth Grange School
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75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.4
Kingsmeadow Community School
Community school · sixth form · 868 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,334 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,401 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.