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St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham

PrimaryAges 4–9AcademyRoman Catholic

Hexham, NE46 2EE · Northumberland local authority

Hexham’s School Grade A− better than 79% of towns in England

Getting in
9/9
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
81 pupils
54% of its 150 places
Free school meals
25%
25 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 81 pupils for 150 places
  • Ofsted: Good, July 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (9 of 9)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NE46 2) sold for a median £333,000; Hexham’s is £265,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

9
families put it first for September 2026
10
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Northumberland council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Hexham, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.02 per place
98% got their first choice
St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice
0.89 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

92 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
10.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
8.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, July 2023. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, November 2019.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in NE46 2, the school’s postcode sector

Hexham property prices →
£333,000
median sale, 165 sales in 36 months · Hexham £265,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025NE46 2Hexham
NE46 2Hexham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£431K
Semi-detached
£226K
Terraced
£255K
Flat
£155K
NE46 2Hexham

Homes in NE46 2 sell for well over Hexham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

5 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+B+CSt Mary's Catholic First Sc…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Hexham, NE46 2EE

St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham: common questions

How hard is it to get into St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham?

For September 2026, 9 families put St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham first and all of them were offered a place; 10 places were offered in all.

What is St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2023).

How much do houses cost near St Mary's Catholic First School, Hexham?

Homes in its postcode sector, NE46 2, sold for a median £333,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (165 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Hexham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.