The Roman Catholic Diocese of Middlesbrough is home to 56 schools and academies providing Catholic education to just over 17,700 children and young people.

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

The diocese is led by Bishop Marcus Stock, the Apostolic Administrator of the Middlesbrough Diocese (& Bishop of the Leeds Diocese) who provides Catholic schools to help him as first educator of the Diocese in his mission of making Christ known to all people.

Bishop Stock was born in London in 1961, was ordained a priest in 1988 and ordained and installed Bishop of Leeds on 15th September 2014 and installed as the Apostolic Administrator of Middlesborough on 22nd December 2025.

We are guided and overseen on Christ's journey to knowing and loving him more fully by our Bishop. Our Bishop's vision is: 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.

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.