Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry354 applications · 240 places offered · 171 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 1.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2021 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 1.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2018 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2017 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2016 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9
- 2015 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.8
- 2014 1.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9
- This school
- Newcastle upon Tyne median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 2026 | 240 | 354 | 1.5 | 171 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2025 | 236 | 323 | 1.4 | 152 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2024 | 255 | 301 | 1.2 | 138 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2023 | 239 | 310 | 1.3 | 138 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2022 | 240 | 327 | 1.4 | 183 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2021 | 240 | 333 | 1.4 | 172 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2020 | 239 | 291 | 1.2 | 147 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2019 | 215 | 268 | 1.3 | 141 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2018 | 239 | 327 | 1.4 | 169 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2017 | 223 | 281 | 1.3 | 168 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 | 196 | 252 | 1.3 | 125 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2015 | 177 | 262 | 1.5 | 130 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2014 | 157 | 280 | 1.8 | 154 | 0.98 |
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.) | 222 | 34.4 | 28% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 205 | 33.4 | 24% | 40% | – |
| 2023/24 | 196 | 30.2 | 16% | 34% | −0.62 |
| 2022/23 | 204 | 31.9 | 19% | 32% | −0.68 |
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
- Excelsior AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · GatesheadGood20232.5applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Gateshead20261.9applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.9applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 41.4Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 135423 · 391/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,710 pupils · 1,339 on roll
- Free school meals
- 74.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2008
- Replaced
- West Gate Community College (URN 108533)
- Address
- Denton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 6AF
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources