XP Gateshead
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Felling, Gateshead
XP Gateshead is a secondary school in Felling, Gateshead for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Gateshead has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Swards Road, Felling, NE10 9UZ
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Gateshead
- Pupils on roll
- 245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy an exciting educational experience at XP Gateshead.”
- “Pupils describe how this supports their sense of belonging.”
- “Pupils are safe and flourish socially in this tight-knit community.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ writing development has not been as expertly considered and sequenced as other aspects of their work.”
- “The steps pupils should follow to keep improving are not as clear as they are in other curriculum areas.”
- “As a result, there is some variation in the depth of pupils’ understanding about how to write in more sophisticated ways.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 95 first-preference applications, 50 offers in total, 41 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
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- 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.
- Heworth Grange School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Grace College 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy 3.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kingsmeadow Community School 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whickham School 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon 6.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorp Academy 8.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published