Graded inspection · Mar 2025 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| 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 entry485 applications · 272 places offered · 153 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 1.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 1.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2021 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 1.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2018 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2017 1.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2016 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9
- 2015 1.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.8
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 272 | 485 | 1.8 | 153 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2025 | 286 | 462 | 1.6 | 174 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2024 | 324 | 490 | 1.5 | 182 | 0.56 |
| Sep 2023 | 300 | 476 | 1.6 | 197 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2022 | 369 | 476 | 1.3 | 218 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2021 | 344 | 441 | 1.3 | 207 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2020 | 361 | 456 | 1.3 | 209 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2019 | 341 | 372 | 1.1 | 151 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2018 | 342 | 449 | 1.3 | 214 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2017 | 296 | 519 | 1.8 | 254 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 | 318 | 477 | 1.5 | 263 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 | 315 | 493 | 1.6 | 279 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 | 330 | 555 | 1.7 | 322 | 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.) | 290 | 41.4 | 41% | 57% | – |
| 2024/25 | 318 | 38.7 | 40% | 54% | – |
| 2023/24 | 312 | 37.0 | 29% | 49% | −0.85 |
| 2022/23 | 268 | 37.3 | 34% | 52% | −0.71 |
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
- Kenton SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood2023
- 2.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood202255.0Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good2024
- 2.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.9applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good2023
- 2.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138120 · 391/4485
- Trust
- Northern Leaders Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,144 pupils · 1,589 on roll
- Free school meals
- 67.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 May 2012
- Replaced
- Kenton School (URN 108528)
- Address
- Drayton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 3RU
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources