North Gosforth Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Apr 28 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
North Tyneside
Unique reference
144279
Address
Dudley Lane, Seaton Burn, NE13 6EJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
552 (57% of total capacity)
Boys
53.8%
Girls
46.2%
First language not English
3.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.9%
Persistent absence
39.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.3%
African 2.4%
Mixed 2.1%
Other 0.9%
Other White 0.7%
Indian 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Pakistani 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.45
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
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 39.9
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.41
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE15
Business Studies:SingleGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE15
ChineseGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
Design & TechnologyGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE95
English LiteratureGCSE94
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

North Gosforth Academy

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
34
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
85
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
101
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
33
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
110
56
54
Year 8
128
64
64
Year 9
116
69
47
Year 10
103
62
41
Year 11
95
46
49
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
66.0%
85.7%
85.6%
Further education
57.0%
45.0%
35.4%
School sixth form
10.0%
40.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
SP
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
11.0%
4.6%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
11.0%
3.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
5.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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