Kingsmeadow Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 15 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Gateshead
Unique reference
108410
Address
Market Lane, Dunston, NE11 9NX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
970 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
45.7%
Girls
54.3%
First language not English
16.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
44.9%
Persistent absence
39.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.5%
Other 5.2%
Other White 4.8%
African 4.8%
Mixed 3.6%
Indian 1.8%
Chinese 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Caribbean 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.41
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.1
Local authority average 47.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 4.2
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award35
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award17
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
Art & DesignGCSE37
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE154
English LiteratureGCSE154
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
169
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
111
2nd preference
114
3rd preference
71
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
169
80
89
Year 8
181
76
105
Year 9
174
75
99
Year 10
184
90
94
Year 11
176
82
94
Year 12
46
17
29
Year 13
40
23
17
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
71.0%
82.8%
86.5%
Further education
61.0%
39.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
10.0%
42.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
12.0%
7.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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