Which school has the best GCSE results in Tyne and Wear?

On 2025 Attainment 8, St Mary's Catholic School tops the table in Tyne and Wear with 58.9, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Tyne and Wear schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Tyne and Wear show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Tyne and Wear GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

51 state secondary schools in Tyne and Wear ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 8 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 9 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 59 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Tyne and Wear ranked on Attainment 8

51 of 59 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Tyne and Wear ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	St Mary's Catholic School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter	58.9	69%	84%	5.40	228
2	Kings Priory School North Shields · Academy sponsor led	57.1	74%	94%	5.32	124
3	Marden High School North Shields · Foundation school	55.1	60%	85%	4.65	174
4	Gosforth Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter	54.4	63%	77%	5.11	401
5	Whitley Bay High School Whitley Bay · Foundation school	54.2	63%	80%	4.65	368
6	Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead Gateshead · Academy converter	53.2	55%	76%	4.97	249
7	Whickham School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter	53.0	60%	81%	4.79	265
8	Sacred Heart Catholic High School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter	52.1	54%	77%	4.40	224
9	St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon Blaydon-on-Tyne · Academy converter	51.9	60%	78%	4.73	230
10	Hetton Academy Houghton le Spring · Academy converter	51.8	57%	79%	4.83	116
11	Whitburn Church of England Academy Sunderland · Academy converter	51.6	50%	79%	4.43	201
12	Jesmond Park Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy sponsor led	51.4	55%	76%	4.76	321
13	St Aidan's Catholic Academy Sunderland · Academy converter	51.2	63%	78%	4.68	123
14	St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy Sunderland · Academy converter	50.7	48%	71%	4.58	203
15	St Thomas More Catholic High School North Shields · Academy converter	49.6	46%	69%	4.38	254
16=	Southmoor Academy Sunderland · Academy converter	49.0	49%	73%	4.39	251
16=	St Cuthbert's High School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter	49.0	52%	70%	4.45	198
18	St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington Washington · Academy converter	48.9	49%	73%	4.35	250
19	St Wilfrid's RC College South Shields · Academy converter	48.2	50%	74%	4.19	232
20	George Stephenson High School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Foundation school	48.0	42%	64%	4.14	193
21	Thorp Academy Ryton · Academy sponsor led	47.2	54%	76%	4.26	251
22	Walbottle Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy sponsor led	46.6	58%	72%	4.30	319
23	Monkwearmouth Academy Sunderland · Academy converter	45.8	45%	65%	3.84	135
24	St Joseph's Catholic Academy Hebburn · Academy converter	45.5	41%	67%	4.05	207
25	Red House Academy Sunderland · Academy sponsor led	44.8	51%	65%	3.94	78
26=	Burnside College Wallsend · Foundation school	44.2	31%	57%	3.93	131
26=	Hebburn Comprehensive School Hebburn · Community school	44.2	44%	61%	3.87	196
28	Venerable Bede Church of England Academy Sunderland · Academy converter	44.1	39%	61%	3.90	178
29	North Gosforth Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy sponsor led	43.9	40%	61%	3.96	92
30	Kepier Houghton le Spring · Academy converter	43.6	37%	55%	3.91	220
31	Christ's College Sunderland · Free schools	43.2	43%	65%	3.84	72
32	Kingsmeadow Community School Gateshead · Community school	42.9	36%	58%	4.08	173
33	Norham High School North Shields · Foundation school	42.7	24%	56%	3.57	54
34=	Harton Academy South Shields · Academy converter	42.6	38%	59%	3.91	268
34=	Jarrow School Jarrow · Foundation school	42.6	36%	56%	3.58	153
36	Biddick Academy Washington · Academy converter	42.5	39%	60%	3.72	213
37=	Castle View Enterprise Academy Sunderland · Academy sponsor led	41.9	39%	57%	3.85	201
37=	Mortimer Community College South Shields · Community school	41.9	35%	64%	3.77	212
39	Oxclose Community Academy Washington · Academy converter	41.8	31%	57%	3.52	213
40	Longbenton High School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Foundation school	41.7	28%	58%	3.63	166
41	Thornhill Academy Sunderland · Academy sponsor led	41.4	33%	54%	3.40	108
42=	John Spence Community High School North Shields · Academy converter	41.0	29%	50%	3.46	154
42=	Monkseaton High School Whitley Bay · Foundation school	41.0	34%	53%	3.57	146
44	Kenton School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter	38.7	40%	54%	3.14	318
45	Sandhill View Academy Sunderland · Academy sponsor led	38.6	49%	60%	3.08	144
46	Boldon School Boldon Colliery · Community school	37.0	24%	43%	3.04	204
47	Walker Riverside Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter	35.5	22%	48%	3.08	219
48	North East Futures UTC Newcastle-upon-Tyne · University technical college	35.4	34%	54%	2.98	125
49	Benfield School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter	33.5	24%	43%	3.07	183
50	Excelsior Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy sponsor led	33.4	24%	40%	2.85	205
51	Washington Academy Washington · Academy converter	33.1	22%	39%	2.90	90
–	Gosforth Central Middle School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Foundation school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Gosforth East Middle School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Foundation school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Gosforth Junior High Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Marden Bridge Middle School Whitley Bay · Foundation school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Monkseaton Middle School Whitley Bay · Foundation school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Seaton Sluice Middle School Whitley Bay · Community school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Valley Gardens Middle School Whitley Bay · Foundation school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Wellfield Middle School Whitley Bay · Foundation school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Tyne and Wear with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Argyle House School Sunderland · Other independent school	49.3	62%	26
Bahr Academy Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Other independent school · 2024 results	13.9	0%	7
Dame Allan's Schools Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Other independent school	31.8	0%	147
Emmanuel College Gateshead · City technology college	60.1	74%	241
Gateshead Jewish Boarding School Gateshead · Other independent school	14.6	22%	23
Newcastle School for Boys Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Other independent school	43.0	0%	46
Royal Grammar School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Other independent school	10.6	0%	143
The Gateshead Cheder Primary School Gateshead · Other independent school	8.2	0%	20
Westfield School Newcastle-upon-Tyne · Other independent school	52.4	52%	31

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Tyne and Wear on our composite score

Tyne and Wear GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Tyne and Wear ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Tyne and Wear with published GCSE results

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