Graded inspection · Jan 2023 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 entry664 applications · 331 places offered · 305 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 1.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 1.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 1.2; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2021 1.1; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2020 0.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2018 1.3; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; 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 Walbottle Campus (URN 108524), 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 | 331 | 664 | 2.0 | 305 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 330 | 615 | 1.9 | 308 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 329 | 550 | 1.7 | 279 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2023 | 329 | 426 | 1.3 | 213 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2022 | 329 | 394 | 1.2 | 198 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2021 | 327 | 371 | 1.1 | 187 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2020 * | 329 | 308 | 0.9 | 148 | 0.45 |
| Sep 2019 * | 267 | 398 | 1.5 | 204 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2018 * | 287 | 372 | 1.3 | 252 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 * | 254 | 355 | 1.4 | 240 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 266 | 384 | 1.4 | 248 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 293 | 423 | 1.4 | 282 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 319 | 463 | 1.5 | 334 | 1.05 |
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.) | 280 | 46.3 | 54% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 319 | 46.6 | 58% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 298 | 40.4 | 45% | 60% | −0.69 |
| 2022/23 | 298 | 41.5 | 46% | 63% | −0.63 |
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
- Walbottle AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.9applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · GatesheadRemains Good20241.5applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Newcastle upon TyneRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · GatesheadGood20232.5applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20232.2applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148135 · 391/4008
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,885 pupils · 1,722 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Replaced
- Walbottle Campus (URN 108524)
- Address
- Hexham Road, Walbottle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 9TP
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources