George Stephenson High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 28 2019 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
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Tyneside
Unique reference
108639
Address
Southgate, Killingworth, NE12 6SA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1207 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
3%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.1%
Persistent absence
30.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92%
Mixed 2.5%
Chinese 1.7%
Indian 1.2%
Other White 1%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
African 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 33%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.3
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award61
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award25
Health StudiesTechnical Award50
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Speech & DramaTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE20
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE23
BiologyGCSE17
Business Studies:SingleGCSE107
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

George Stephenson High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
218
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
199
2nd preference
87
3rd preference
68
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
194
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
227
106
121
Year 8
206
107
99
Year 9
224
105
119
Year 10
211
109
102
Year 11
211
110
101
Year 12
57
16
41
Year 13
71
39
32
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
84.4%
86.5%
Further education
50.0%
42.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
32.0%
41.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
5.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
75.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
33.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
31.0%
31.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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