‘To make Christ known and loved through the provision of excellent Catholic education and schools intent on finding Christ in their daily lives and sharing that encounter with others.’ 

The Diocese is home to 53 schools and academies providing Catholic education to 18,188 children and young people. In addition to this, Ampleforth College and Independent Catholic School is also situated within the Diocesan boundary

The Diocese covers a large historic geographical area, with schools and academies in the 7 Local Authority areas of Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire, York, East Riding and Kingston upon Hull.

All but one of ours schools are members of a Diocesan Catholic Academy Trusts: The two Diocesan Trusts are:

Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust in the north of the Diocese and St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Academy Trust in the south of the Diocese.

Bishop Marcus Stock is the Apostolic Administrator for the Diocese of Middlesbrough. He provides Catholic schools to help him as first educator of the Diocese in his mission of making Christ known to all people. The Bishop also provides Catholic schools to support parents who at their child’s baptism accepted the responsibility to raise their child in the Catholic faith.  Finally, the Bishop provides Catholic schools to be a service to their local church, parish and Christian home and to ensure the children and young people who attend Catholic schools give such service to the wider society. It is the mission of all Diocesan schools to contribute to the creation of a society that is highly educated, skilled and cultured making a contribution to the common good of society and its culture.

Whilst we seek to ensure our children and young people develop spiritually, Diocesan schools must educate the whole child, ensuring all our children also achieve their full academic potential.