Kingsmeadow Community School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D47
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Gateshead, NE11 9NX
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Whickham School
Burnthouse Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
Local ranking3rd of 9 secondary schools in Gateshead
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1713
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 14 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.0 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 60.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 81.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 56.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 265
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 17.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
129
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 336
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1721
- Boys
- 876 (51%)
- Girls
- 845 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1713 (100% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.6%
- EAL
- 7.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 14.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 94.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,186/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 89.2%
- Other: 2.8%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 1.2%
- Asian Chinese: 1.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.8%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
89.2%
White British
2.8%
Other
1.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Burnthouse Lane
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 137360
- UKPRN
- 10035096
- Establishment No.
- 4029
- Trust
- WHICKHAM SCHOOL AND SPORTS COLLEGE
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