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Academy sponsor led · Stockton-on-Tees

North Shore Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 850Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 136146URN

Talbot Street, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2AY · 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
1.7per place
0.6 below Stockton-on-Tees median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

277 applications for 164 places · 12th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.9of 90
10th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 January 2026Published 16 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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. 6 January 2026
    Report card · 5 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard
  2. 7 July 2021
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

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
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Stockton-on-Tees median (2.3) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

277 applications · 164 places offered · 154 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.7; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.5; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.1; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.5
  6. 2021 0.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.0; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0
  8. 2019 1.1; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.0; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0
  10. 2017 1.1; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.4; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.2
  13. 2014 1.1; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Stockton-on-Tees median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Stockton-on-Tees 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 20261642771.71540.94
Sep 20251632651.61590.98
Sep 20241722591.51680.98
Sep 20231622561.61400.86
Sep 20221892151.11260.67
Sep 20211831440.81060.58
Sep 20201221211.0850.70
Sep 20191281371.1880.69
Sep 20181341401.0970.72
Sep 20171511701.11230.81
Sep 20161351851.41100.81
Sep 20151632671.61400.86
Sep 20141631731.11320.81

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

151 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.910th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees
Grade 5 or above in English and maths48%9th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees
Grade 4 or above in English and maths68%
  • This school
  • Stockton-on-Tees median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.07
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15144.948%68%–
2024/2512248.248%69%–
2023/2412444.844%65%+0.07
2022/2313246.151%71%+0.07

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136146 · 808/6906
Trust
Northern Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 850 on roll
Free school meals
53.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2010
Address
Talbot Street, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2AY
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees

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