North Gosforth Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
6.27 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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North Gosforth Academy is a secondary school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
North Gosforth 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 2025 | 6.27 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2025: the last child offered a place lived 6.27 miles away, the 4th longest of 9 North Tyneside secondary schools with a published Year 7 2025 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 had 90 first-choice applications for 99 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Year 7 2026, 58 of the 146 applications (40%) came from families living outside North Tyneside, and 28 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 43.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Dudley Lane, Seaton Burn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE13 6EJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 576 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy a much improved experience at North Gosforth Academy.”
- “They report feeling safe and happy.”
- “Their improved rates of attendance reflect the increasing sense of community that is being built.”
To improve
- “In recent years, while the quality of education has improved, this has not shown significant impact on pupils’ outcomes in external examinations.”
- “Too many pupils leave the school without an appropriate range of suitable qualifications.”
- “However, teaching does not consistently help them to apply this knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 January 2025 (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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.9 | 46 |
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: 90 first-preference applications, 99 offers in total, 90 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 North Tyneside.
- George Stephenson High School 2.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Longbenton High School 3.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchill Academy 5.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burnside College 5.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Whitley Bay High School 6.1 mi Outstanding
- St Thomas More Catholic High School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkseaton High School 6.4 mi Not judged
- Norham High School 6.8 mi Good Last distance published