Kingsmeadow Community School
Community school · Secondary
Gateshead · NE11 9NX · Gateshead
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 145900
North East Futures UTC
University technical college · Newcastle Upon Tyne · NE1 3AS
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 14–19
Pupils
314
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Age range
Ages 14–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed university technical college (secondary), Ages 14–19, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 314 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form. Free school meals: 50%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 145900
Location
- Address
- Stephenson Square, Stephenson Quarter
- Postcode
- NE1 3AS
- Town
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 314
- Boys / girls
- 155 / 159
- School capacity
- 600
- Capacity fill
- 314 / 600 (52%)
- Free school meals
- 50%
- FSM pupils
- 103
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Governance
- Academy trust: TYNE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- TYNE COAST ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Tyne Coast Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Sydes-Danvers
- Telephone
- 01919179888