St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Blaydon and ConsettConstituency

DH8 8JDPostcode

3.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 202 pupils. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill is part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

98%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

202

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

10%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 202
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 27 March 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Mar 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.