Schools in Newcastle

Choosing a School in Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne has no grammar schools, so its state secondary schools do not select by ability. The Royal Grammar School is independent and is not on this map. Gosforth, north of the centre, has a three-tier system: first schools for ages 3 to 9, middle schools for 9 to 13, and Gosforth Academy for 13 to 18. The rest of the city uses primary schools to 11 and secondary schools from 11. Parents apply for Reception and Year 7 places through their home council; for most addresses on this map that is Newcastle City Council.

In Newcastle upon Tyne, the average primary school had 65% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at KS2 (England: 63%), and the average secondary had 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in English and maths at GCSE (England: 46%).

Primary Schools in Newcastle

The map opens on a two-mile circle around the centre. Primary schools inside it include the following; ages, distances and single-sex status come from the same data as the map.

• West Jesmond Primary SchoolAges 4-11, 0.6 miles from the centre
• Moorside Primary SchoolAges 2-11, 0.9 miles from the centre
• South Gosforth First SchoolAges 3-9, 1.2 miles from the centre
• Archibald First SchoolAges 3-9, 1.5 miles from the centre
• Cragside Primary SchoolAges 4-11, 1.6 miles from the centre

Secondary Schools in Newcastle

Secondary schools inside the map's opening view include a Gosforth middle school and Gosforth Academy, which starts at 13:

• Jesmond Park AcademyAges 11-18, 1.4 miles from the centre
• Sacred Heart Catholic High SchoolAges 11-18, Girls, 1.6 miles from the centre
• Gosforth Junior High AcademyAges 9-13, 1.6 miles from the centre
• St Mary's Catholic SchoolAges 11-18, 1.8 miles from the centre
• Gosforth AcademyAges 13-18, 1.9 miles from the centre

How Are Averages Calculated?

When you open a school, its results show a comparison such as "+12% vs avg". The average is the mean of the figures for every English state school in our data that reports that measure, each school counted once. For primary schools (14,923 with KS2 results), the average share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths is 63%, with average scaled scores of 105.6 in reading and 104.6 in maths. For secondary schools (3,274 with GCSE results), the average share of pupils getting grade 5 or above in English and maths is 46%, grade 4 or above 65%, and the average Attainment 8 score is 46.6. Because each school counts once whatever its size, these are school averages, not the share of all pupils in England.

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