Academy converter · Secondary
Cramlington · NE23 6BN · Northumberland
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.7 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 144279
North Gosforth Academy
Academy sponsor led · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE13 6EJ
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
576
Local authority
North Tyneside
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- 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 academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside, 576 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 38.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Ages 11–18
Status: Open
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Ages 11–18
Status: Open
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE13 6NB · North Tyneside
Ages 1–11
Status: Open
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Ages 3–11
Status: Open
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Cramlington · NE23 7AL · North Tyneside
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
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Ages 4–11
Status: Open
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Ages 2–11
Status: Open
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 144279
Location
- Address
- Dudley Lane, Seaton Burn
- Postcode
- NE13 6EJ
- Town
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- District
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- 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
- 576
- Boys / girls
- 298 / 278
- School capacity
- 600
- Capacity fill
- 576 / 600 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 38.6%
- FSM pupils
- 222
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE GOSFORTH FEDERATED ACADEMIES LIMITED
- Academy trust
- THE GOSFORTH FEDERATED ACADEMIES LIMITED
- Sponsor
- The Gosforth Federated Academies Ltd
Contact
- Headteacher
- Pete Fox
- Telephone
- 01912361700
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-11-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 40.3
- Progress 8
- -0.6
- English & maths grade 5+
- 37%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 59%
- EBacc entry
- 50%
- EBacc APS
- 3.6