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Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,334Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137942URN

Birtley Lane, Birtley, Chester le Street, DH3 2LP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.5 below Gateshead median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Gateshead

479 applications for 272 places · 6th of 8 in Gateshead
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.2of 90
6th of 9 in Gateshead
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 December 2025Published 17 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 2 December 2025
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 15 November 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.8applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Gateshead median (2.3) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

479 applications · 272 places offered · 260 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Gateshead median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.8; Gateshead median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.6; Gateshead median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.5; Gateshead median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.3; Gateshead median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.5; Gateshead median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.7; Gateshead median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.9; Gateshead median median 2.2
  9. 2018 1.6; Gateshead median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.7; Gateshead median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.7; Gateshead median median 1.9
  12. 2015 1.6; Gateshead median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.6; Gateshead median median 1.9
More applications per place than the Gateshead median in 0 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262724791.82600.96
Sep 20252624601.82590.99
Sep 20242383891.62150.90
Sep 20232263351.51530.68
Sep 20222543391.31690.67
Sep 20212283521.51410.62
Sep 20202604481.71850.71
Sep 20192544731.91910.75
Sep 20182524111.61980.79
Sep 20172724531.72670.98
Sep 20162574261.72310.90
Sep 20152313581.62170.94
Sep 20142473911.62571.04

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

210 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.26th of 9 in Gateshead
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%7th of 9 in Gateshead
Grade 4 or above in English and maths65%
  • This school
  • Gateshead median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.28
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)21045.239%65%–
2024/2523746.649%72%–
2023/2424045.151%68%−0.28
2022/2322847.349%71%−0.09

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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137942 · 390/4027
Trust
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,496 pupils · 1,334 on roll
Free school meals
31.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 March 2012
Replaced
Lord Lawson of Beamish Community School (URN 108403)
Address
Birtley Lane, Birtley, Chester le Street, DH3 2LP
Local authority
Gateshead

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