Studio West

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 1 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Unique reference
140965
Address
West Denton Way, West Denton, NE5 2SZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
555 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
55.1%
Girls
44.9%
First language not English
4.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
61.3%
Persistent absence
40.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.4%
Unclassified 1.8%
Mixed 1.7%
Other White 1.4%
Other 1.3%
Other Asian 0.4%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Indian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.46
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.4
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 44%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 5%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 27.7
Local authority average 42.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.07
Local authority average 3.79
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award26
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award33
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award23
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE22
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE35
ChemistryGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE8
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Studio West

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
120
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
142
3rd preference
102
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
96
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
114
66
48
Year 8
121
63
58
Year 9
109
65
44
Year 10
109
57
52
Year 11
94
53
41
Year 12
7
1
6
Year 13
1
1
0
Year 2023-2024

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