Thorp Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Ryton, Gateshead
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gateshead Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thorp Academy is a secondary school in Ryton, Gateshead for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 19 June 2024. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Thorp Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant for Year 7 in 2026 was offered a place, as at 5 of the 8 other Gateshead secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 205 first-choice applications for 242 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 37 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 47.2 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gateshead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Main Road, Ryton, NE40 3AH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 1,442 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 19 June 2024
Strengths
- “This is an inclusive and ambitious school.”
- “Staff are committed to supporting and developing every pupil.”
- “They celebrate pupils’ achievements daily.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes, teachers do not secure pupils’ knowledge with enough rigour.”
- “They do not give pupils sufficient opportunity to deepen and extend their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2024 (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) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.2 | 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: 205 first-preference applications, 242 offers in total, 205 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gateshead.
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Whickham School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsmeadow Community School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Grace College 7.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead 8.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- XP Gateshead 8.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heworth Grange School 9.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy 9.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published