Kingsmeadow Community School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · Gateshead
Kingsmeadow Community School is a secondary school in Gateshead for ages 11–18 (community school). Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 868 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Positive relationships built on respect and integrity characterise the culture around school.”
- “Leaders and staff effectively model to pupils what it means to be part of the Kingsmeadow community.”
- “Pupils feel safe and attend well.”
To improve
- “However, students in the sixth form do not develop deep enough understanding of the subjects they study to achieve as well as they should.”
- “Students' achievement in the sixth form is mixed and reflects recent published outcomes.”
- “While students studying applied general qualifications attain and progress as well as others nationally, those studying A-level qualifications do not attain or progress as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 36% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 136 first-preference applications, 175 offers in total, 136 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Year 7 2025 to 2026, as Gateshead published it, drawn on the map
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gateshead.
- Whickham School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grace College 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- XP Gateshead 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heworth Grange School 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thorp Academy 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy 5.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published