North Gosforth Academy

About North Gosforth Academy

Of the 74 parents who responded to Ofsted’s Parent View survey for North Gosforth Academy between September 2024 and September 2025, 82% said they would recommend the school to other parents. That’s a solid vote of confidence, and it’s backed up by some notably strong scores on individual questions: 93% agreed that their child feels safe, 89% felt the school has high expectations, and 87% said their child does well. The school is oversubscribed for 2025/26, with 150 applications for 118 places — a ratio of 1.27 to 1 — and 96 of those applications were first preferences. That level of demand suggests a school that local families are actively choosing, even if its Ofsted rating tells a more mixed story. The most recent graded inspection in November 2024 judged the school as ‘Requires improvement’ overall, but with ‘Good’ marks for behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The previous inspection in 2022 had rated all areas as ‘Requires improvement’, so there has been clear progress.

Academically, the picture is more challenging. North Gosforth Academy’s Progress 8 score for 2023/24 was -0.55, which is well below the national average and ranks it 11th out of 11 secondary schools in North Tyneside. The local authority average Progress 8 score is -0.06, so the school is significantly behind its peers. The Attainment 8 score sits at 40.3, and just 36.8% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs, compared with 58.9% achieving a grade 4 or above. The EBacc average point score is 3.64, and only 10.5% of pupils entered the full EBacc and achieved a grade 5 or above. Progress in maths (-0.2) is the strongest of the individual subject buckets, while open subjects (-0.82) and English (-0.44) are weaker. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 15% for Progress 8, and in the North East region it sits at the 78th percentile.

The school serves a community with 37.5% of pupils eligible for free school meals, well above the national average, and it has capacity for 600 pupils with 562 currently on roll. Facilities include a swimming pool, tennis courts, astro turf, a sports hall, music rooms, art studios, and a library. There’s a good range of clubs — from orchestra and choir to coding, gardening, and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award — and sports include football, basketball, athletics, and dance. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language communication needs, and social, emotional and mental health difficulties. 31% of Parent View respondents said their child has SEND, and 70% of those agreed the school gives them the support they need. North Gosforth Academy is a mixed, non-denominational secondary for ages 11 to 16 with no sixth form. It’s a school that parents clearly feel positive about on a day-to-day level, but one where academic outcomes are a real concern and will need close attention.

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