Studio West
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
F26
- Type
- Studio schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2SZ
- Distance
- 2.8km away
Walbottle Academy
Hexham Road, Walbottle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 9TP
Local ranking10th of 17 secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1885
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 25 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 53.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 280
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
69
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 138
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1725
- Boys
- 865 (50%)
- Girls
- 857 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1885 (91% full)
- SEND
- 17.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.5%
- EAL
- 16.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 15.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,640/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
- 12.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.9% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 70.1%
- Black African: 8.9%
- Other: 3.4%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.6%
70.1%
White British
8.9%
Black African
3.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hexham Road
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 148135
- UKPRN
- 10086867
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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