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Grace College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,125Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 147178URN

Saltwell Road South, Gateshead, NE9 6LE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
close to Gateshead median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Gateshead

455 applications for 202 places · 4th of 8 in Gateshead
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.1of 90
8th of 9 in Gateshead
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 3 July 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.3applications per place, Year 7
close to Gateshead median (2.3) close to England median (2.2)

455 applications · 202 places offered · 134 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.3; Gateshead median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.3; Gateshead median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.4; Gateshead median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.3; Gateshead median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.4; Gateshead median median 2.0
  6. 2021 2.4; Gateshead median median 2.0
  7. 2020 2.4; Gateshead median median 2.1
  8. 2019 2.3; Gateshead median median 2.2; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.8; Gateshead median median 1.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.8; Gateshead median median 1.7; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Gateshead median median 1.9; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.9; Gateshead median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.5; Gateshead median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Gateshead median in 6 of 7 years.
  • This school
  • Gateshead median

Dashed bars: as Joseph Swan Academy (URN 137898), Joseph Swan School (URN 131048), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262024552.31340.66
Sep 20252185052.31680.77
Sep 20242054972.41690.82
Sep 20232395532.31930.81
Sep 20222395822.42621.10
Sep 20212365682.42511.06
Sep 20202395832.42431.02
Sep 2019 *2295232.31870.82
Sep 2018 *2234021.81660.74
Sep 2017 *2193881.81580.72
Sep 2016 *1994052.01550.78
Sep 2015 *2003811.91600.80
Sep 2014 *1373482.51381.01

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

199 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.18th of 9 in Gateshead
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%8th of 9 in Gateshead
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%
  • This school
  • Gateshead median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−1.07
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19940.136%56%–
2024/2521042.941%61%–
2023/2421035.432%50%−1.07
2022/2321237.724%49%−0.88

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

  • 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
147178 · 390/4003
Trust
Emmanuel Schools Foundation
Capacity
1,432 pupils · 1,125 on roll
Free school meals
41.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2019
Replaced
Joseph Swan Academy (URN 137898); Joseph Swan School (URN 131048)
Address
Saltwell Road South, Gateshead, NE9 6LE
Local authority
Gateshead

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources