Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Gateshead
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 14 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 18 May 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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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 entry729 applications · 279 places offered · 289 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Gateshead median median 2.3
- 2025 2.4; Gateshead median median 2.2
- 2024 2.5; Gateshead median median 2.1
- 2023 2.2; Gateshead median median 2.2
- 2022 2.2; Gateshead median median 2.0
- 2021 2.1; Gateshead median median 2.0
- 2020 2.2; Gateshead median median 2.1
- 2019 2.2; Gateshead median median 2.2
- 2018 1.9; Gateshead median median 1.7
- 2017 1.7; Gateshead median median 1.7
- 2016 1.9; Gateshead median median 1.9
- 2015 1.7; Gateshead median median 1.7
- 2014 1.9; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 279 | 729 | 2.6 | 289 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 280 | 661 | 2.4 | 302 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 273 | 681 | 2.5 | 351 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 279 | 606 | 2.2 | 298 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2022 | 284 | 625 | 2.2 | 289 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 284 | 601 | 2.1 | 240 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2020 | 291 | 627 | 2.2 | 260 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 283 | 626 | 2.2 | 252 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 | 292 | 539 | 1.9 | 275 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 289 | 485 | 1.7 | 247 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2016 | 304 | 565 | 1.9 | 321 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 | 303 | 512 | 1.7 | 283 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 264 | 512 | 1.9 | 290 | 1.10 |
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.) | 265 | 50.2 | 56% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 265 | 53.0 | 60% | 81% | – |
| 2023/24 | 266 | 52.4 | 56% | 76% | +0.26 |
| 2022/23 | 253 | 52.3 | 47% | 72% | +0.15 |
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
- Whickham SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Gateshead20261.9applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · GatesheadGood20232.5applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Newcastle upon TyneRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · Gateshead20262.3applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade202529.8Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137360 · 390/4029
- Trust
- Whickham School and Sports College
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,713 pupils · 1,690 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Whickham School (URN 108404)
- Address
- Burnthouse Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
- Local authority
- Gateshead
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources