Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Northumberland
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 entry507 applications · 235 places offered · 273 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2025 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2024 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2023 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2022 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2021 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2020 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2019 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.3; as the previous school
- 2018 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2017 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.2; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as Ponteland High School (URN 122358), 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 | 235 | 507 | 2.2 | 273 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2025 | 241 | 508 | 2.1 | 296 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2024 | 247 | 465 | 1.9 | 285 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 250 | 460 | 1.8 | 293 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 277 | 499 | 1.8 | 333 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2021 | 265 | 484 | 1.8 | 317 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 236 | 485 | 2.1 | 344 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2019 * | 237 | 412 | 1.7 | 293 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2018 * | 164 | 193 | 1.2 | 166 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 * | 152 | 179 | 1.2 | 148 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 154 | 187 | 1.2 | 154 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 163 | 208 | 1.3 | 164 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2014 * | 131 | 164 | 1.3 | 130 | 0.99 |
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.) | 253 | 53.4 | 63% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 245 | 53.0 | 56% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 255 | 56.1 | 62% | 82% | +0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 255 | 50.2 | 52% | 71% | −0.18 |
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
- Ponteland High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.2applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.9applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood2024
- 6.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · North TynesideGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · GatesheadRemains Good20241.5applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood202255.0Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145783 · 929/4426
- Trust
- Pele Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,600 pupils · 1,536 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2019
- Replaced
- Ponteland High School (URN 122358)
- Address
- The Crescent, Callerton Lane, Ponteland, NE20 9EG
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources