Graded inspection · Dec 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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 entry235 applications · 90 places offered · 53 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 3.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 3.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 3.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 3.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2021 3.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 3.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 3.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2018 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 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 | 90 | 235 | 2.6 | 53 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2025 | 89 | 277 | 3.1 | 68 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2024 | 120 | 393 | 3.3 | 103 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 120 | 401 | 3.3 | 169 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2022 | 119 | 412 | 3.5 | 179 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2021 | 119 | 391 | 3.3 | 172 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2020 | 120 | 396 | 3.3 | 203 | 1.69 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 267 | 3.0 | 123 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2018 | 100 | 199 | 2.0 | 103 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 | 70 | 122 | 1.7 | 63 | 0.90 |
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.) | 85 | 33.0 | 28% | 45% | – |
| 2024/25 | 103 | 30.9 | 28% | 42% | – |
| 2023/24 | 94 | 28.4 | 22% | 34% | −1.54 |
| 2022/23 | 98 | 27.7 | 5% | 19% | −1.46 |
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
- Studio WestThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.9applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · GatesheadGood20232.5applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood2023
School details
- Type
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140965 · 391/4000
- Trust
- Northern Leaders Trust
- Capacity
- 640 pupils · 496 on roll
- Free school meals
- 67.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2014
- Address
- West Denton Way, West Denton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2SZ
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources