Graded inspection · Jun 2022 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 | 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 entry989 applications · 330 places offered · 378 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 2.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 2.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 2.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 2.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2021 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 1.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2019 1.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Newcastle upon Tyne median
Dashed bars: as Heaton Manor School (URN 108531), 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 | 330 | 989 | 3.0 | 378 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2025 | 355 | 972 | 2.7 | 355 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 358 | 1,007 | 2.8 | 413 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 359 | 865 | 2.4 | 388 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2022 | 359 | 737 | 2.1 | 328 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 357 | 698 | 2.0 | 272 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2020 | 360 | 652 | 1.8 | 272 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2019 * | 329 | 575 | 1.8 | 190 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2018 * | 306 | 554 | 1.8 | 207 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2017 * | 305 | 564 | 1.9 | 231 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2016 * | 304 | 561 | 1.9 | 240 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 * | 305 | 580 | 1.9 | 215 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2014 * | 303 | 601 | 2.0 | 278 | 0.92 |
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.) | 314 | 53.1 | 60% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 321 | 51.4 | 55% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 307 | 50.6 | 52% | 75% | +0.29 |
| 2022/23 | 304 | 47.9 | 47% | 69% | +0.03 |
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
- Jesmond Park AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20223.0applications per place 53.1Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneOutstanding20234.4applications per place 54.1Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 31.8Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good2024
- 2.8 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood2023
- 2.9 km · North TynesideGood20222.0applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · Newcastle upon TyneRemains Good2023
- 3.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood202255.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 146752 · 391/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,050 pupils · 2,092 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2019
- Replaced
- Heaton Manor School (URN 108531)
- Address
- Jesmond Park West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE7 7DP
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources