Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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- 2018 6.6; North Tyneside median median 1.5
- 2017 5.3; North Tyneside median median 1.5
- 2016 5.2; North Tyneside median median 1.5
- 2015 1.5; North Tyneside median median 1.5
- This school
- North Tyneside 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2018 | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 18 | 3.60 |
| Sep 2017 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 3.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 15 | 3.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 12 | 18 | 1.5 | 13 | 1.08 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 374 | 54.0 | 56% | 81% | – |
| 2024/25 | 368 | 54.2 | 63% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 367 | 56.3 | 66% | 85% | +0.31 |
| 2022/23 | 369 | 55.3 | 63% | 84% | +0.50 |
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
- Whitley Bay High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding202454.0Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · North TynesideGraded · no overall grade2024
- 1.1 km · North Tyneside2026
- 1.4 km · North TynesideImproved significantly2025
- 1.8 km · North TynesideRemains Good2024
- 1.9 km · North TynesideGraded · no overall grade202544.1Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · North Tyneside20262.3applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · North TynesideRequires improvement20231.8applications per place 43.0Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · North TynesideGood20231.6applications per place 48.8Attainment 8
- 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
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 108638 · 392/4029
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,700 pupils · 1,797 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Address
- Deneholm, Whitley Bay, NE25 9AS
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources