Graded inspection · Jan 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 | Good | |||
| 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 entry686 applications · 240 places offered · 233 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2025 3.6; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2024 4.7; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- 2023 4.4; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.0
- 2022 2.8; Newcastle upon Tyne median median 2.1
- This school
- Newcastle upon Tyne median
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 | 240 | 686 | 2.9 | 233 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 179 | 642 | 3.6 | 189 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2024 | 120 | 567 | 4.7 | 177 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2023 | 120 | 531 | 4.4 | 126 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 119 | 334 | 2.8 | 95 | 0.80 |
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.) | 114 | 41.6 | 36% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 0 | – | |||
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Callerton AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.9applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 33.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 41.4Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20232.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood20242.1applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Newcastle upon TyneGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 51.8Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Newcastle upon TyneRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 34.4Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood2024
- 4.6 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood2023
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148573 · 391/4009
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 684 on roll
- Free school meals
- 58.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Address
- Bedeburn Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 4JQ
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources