Whickham School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Kingsmeadow Community School
Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
Local ranking6th of 9 secondary schools in Gateshead
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
975
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 80.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 173
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 40.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 13.0%
- Employment
- 40.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
37
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 62
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 911
- Boys
- 432 (47%)
- Girls
- 479 (53%)
- Capacity
- 975 (93% full)
- SEND
- 21.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.4%
- EAL
- 21.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 18.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,267/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 70.9%
- Other: 7.5%
- Black African: 6.2%
- White Other: 5.3%
- Asian Indian: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Asian Chinese: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
70.9%
White British
7.5%
Other
6.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Market Lane
Gateshead, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108410
- UKPRN
- 10016174
- Establishment No.
- 4041
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