Walbottle Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 9TP
- Distance
- 3.5km away
Thorp Academy
Main Road, Ryton, NE40 3AH
Local ranking4th of 9 secondary schools in Gateshead
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1740
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 June 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 49.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 58.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 236
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 56.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
58
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 22.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 146
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1496
- Boys
- 759 (53%)
- Girls
- 683 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1740 (83% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.7%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,962/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
- 25.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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
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- White British: 91.0%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
91.0%
White British
2.5%
White Other
1.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Main Road
Ryton, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 141185
- UKPRN
- 10046909
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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