Studio West

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

22

England average 32.3

A level students

6

Pupils

Pupils on roll

496

Places

640

How full

78% full — 496 of 640 places taken, so places are likely to be available

Girls / boys

241 / 255

Overall absence

13%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

37%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years

63%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

7%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

20%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

73%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

66%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

4%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

6%

No sustained destination

22%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

98

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. 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 015B, 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

14%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

33%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home

38%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing

49%

England 17%

Households with no car

50%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive

50%

England 39.9%

School details

Type

Studio schools

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–19

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

None

Sixth form

Yes

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Trust

NORTHERN LEADERS TRUST

Headteacher

Headteacher: Andrew Dryden

Local authority

Newcastle upon Tyne

Ward

Denton & Westerhope

Constituency

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

URN

140965

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary 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.