Burnside College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 23 2020 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
North Tyneside
Unique reference
108640
Address
St Peter's Road, NE28 7LQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1020 (66% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
12%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.4%
Persistent absence
32.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 84.9%
Other White 3.6%
Mixed 2.6%
Other Asian 2.6%
African 1.8%
Other 1.7%
Chinese 1.6%
Unclassified 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 85%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.08
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award5
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE26
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE8
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
BiologyGCSE35
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Burnside College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
87
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
12
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 classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
200
98
102
Year 8
200
101
99
Year 9
203
110
93
Year 10
153
86
67
Year 11
169
99
70
Year 12
32
13
19
Year 13
63
31
32
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
84.4%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
42.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
38.0%
41.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
12.0%
5.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
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
70.0%
75.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
34.0%
33.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
34.0%
31.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
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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