Graded inspection · Feb 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry467 applications · 220 places offered · 210 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 2.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 2.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 2.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2021 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 2.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 2.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2018 2.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2017 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2016 1.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9
- 2015 2.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.8
- 2014 2.0; 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
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 | 220 | 467 | 2.1 | 210 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 219 | 467 | 2.1 | 238 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 219 | 461 | 2.1 | 248 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 220 | 431 | 2.0 | 229 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 220 | 478 | 2.2 | 277 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2021 | 197 | 535 | 2.7 | 295 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 228 | 517 | 2.3 | 320 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2019 | 197 | 501 | 2.5 | 337 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2018 | 200 | 445 | 2.2 | 295 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2017 | 199 | 392 | 2.0 | 250 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2016 | 197 | 364 | 1.9 | 249 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2015 | 188 | 411 | 2.2 | 276 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2014 | 188 | 367 | 2.0 | 244 | 1.30 |
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.) | 188 | 46.9 | 52% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 198 | 49.0 | 52% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 198 | 46.9 | 38% | 66% | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 197 | 44.6 | 35% | 63% | −0.44 |
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
- St Cuthbert's High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 1.1 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
- 3.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Gateshead20261.9applications per place 45.1Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.9applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · GatesheadGood20232.5applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade202529.8Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137900 · 391/4715
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,207 pupils · 1,224 on roll
- Free school meals
- 45.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2012
- Replaced
- St Cuthbert's High School (URN 108535)
- Address
- Gretna Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 7PX
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources