George Stephenson High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 6SA
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Longbenton High School
Hailsham Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 8ER
Local ranking10th of 15 secondary schools in North Tyneside
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1105
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 28 June 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 171
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 10.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
31.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
35
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 89
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 950
- Boys
- 517 (52%)
- Girls
- 478 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1105 (90% full)
- SEND
- 29.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.1%
- EAL
- 6.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 25.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,517/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.6%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Asian Other: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Asian Chinese: 1.1%
86.6%
White British
2.8%
White Other
1.6%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hailsham Avenue
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108645
- UKPRN
- 10004089
- Establishment No.
- 4039
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
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