Excelsior Academy

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry

D-

Average points per entry

15.7

England average 32.3

A level students

30

Pupils

Pupils on roll

1339

Places

1710

How full

78% full — 1339 of 1710 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

680 / 659

Overall absence

10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

33%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

73%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

52%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

3%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

24%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

77%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

75%

England 85.4%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

39%

No sustained destination

13%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

204

After sixth form

Went to university

26%

England 50%

In education, work or training

54%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship

2%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort

93

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went on to a degree

65%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort

71

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Newcastle upon Tyne 025B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree

19%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

30%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

38%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

32%

England 17%

Households with no car

46%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

47%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Academy sponsor led

Phase

All-through

Ages

Ages 3–19

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

Yes

Boarding

Day school

Trust

THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST

Headteacher

Executive Principal: Mark Foster

Local authority

Newcastle upon Tyne

Ward

Benwell & Scotswood

Constituency

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

URN

135423

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.