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Kingsmeadow Community School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 868Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 108410URN

Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.4 below Gateshead median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Gateshead

333 applications for 175 places · 5th of 8 in Gateshead
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.1of 90
7th of 9 in Gateshead
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 13 January 2026Published 25 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 13 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 14 September 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Gateshead median (2.3) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

333 applications · 175 places offered · 136 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Gateshead median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.7; Gateshead median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.8; Gateshead median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.8; Gateshead median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.8; Gateshead median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.0; Gateshead median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.2; Gateshead median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.3; Gateshead median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.7; Gateshead median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Gateshead median median 1.7
  11. 2016 2.1; Gateshead median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.7; Gateshead median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.8; Gateshead median median 1.9
  • This school
  • Gateshead median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261753331.91360.78
Sep 20251733001.71220.71
Sep 20241692961.81110.66
Sep 20231723151.81380.80
Sep 20221813191.81360.75
Sep 20211863742.01610.87
Sep 20201894242.21951.03
Sep 20191814072.31720.95
Sep 20181742881.71510.87
Sep 20171602671.71430.89
Sep 20161282662.11331.04
Sep 20151452441.71300.90
Sep 20141202131.81281.07

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

159 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.17th of 9 in Gateshead
Grade 5 or above in English and maths43%6th of 9 in Gateshead
Grade 4 or above in English and maths64%
  • This school
  • Gateshead median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.75
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15945.143%64%–
2024/2517342.936%58%–
2023/2416437.627%51%−0.75
2022/2315842.134%61%−0.41

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
108410 · 390/4041
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
975 pupils · 868 on roll
Free school meals
51.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
Local authority
Gateshead

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources