Graded inspection · Sep 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry420 applications · 219 places offered · 276 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2021 1.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2018 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Newcastle upon Tyne median
Dashed bars: as Walker Technology College (URN 108525), the previous school.
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 | 219 | 420 | 1.9 | 276 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2025 | 219 | 428 | 2.0 | 265 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2024 | 220 | 430 | 2.0 | 299 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2023 | 220 | 417 | 1.9 | 280 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2022 | 220 | 319 | 1.5 | 193 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2021 | 230 | 357 | 1.6 | 213 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 220 | 320 | 1.5 | 206 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 192 | 265 | 1.4 | 151 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2018 * | 178 | 263 | 1.5 | 173 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 178 | 262 | 1.5 | 178 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 161 | 244 | 1.5 | 161 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 160 | 241 | 1.5 | 160 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 180 | 276 | 1.5 | 199 | 1.11 |
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.) | 212 | 37.1 | 30% | 45% | – |
| 2024/25 | 219 | 35.5 | 22% | 48% | – |
| 2023/24 | 212 | 37.0 | 23% | 48% | −0.92 |
| 2022/23 | 216 | 33.4 | 19% | 40% | −1.21 |
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
- Walker Riverside AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 31.8Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · North TynesideStandards maintained20241.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · South Tyneside20251.7applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · South TynesideGood20221.7applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20223.0applications per place 53.1Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · North TynesideSpecial measures Inadequate2024
- 3.7 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · South TynesideGood20222.3applications per place 41.7Attainment 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
- 145528 · 391/4450
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,301 pupils · 1,101 on roll
- Free school meals
- 70.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Opened
- 1 March 2018
- Replaced
- Walker Technology College (URN 108525)
- Address
- Waverdale Avenue, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 4AW
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources