UK Schools
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Chester le Street, Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, teaching 1,334 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded achievement as Expected standard at its most recent inspection in December 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 46.6 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy.
Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff PD Day – Academy closed to students Monday 1 September 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term 1 Tuesday 2 September 2025 to Friday 24 October 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Monday 27 October 2025 to Friday 31 October 2025 Holiday
- Autumn Term 2 Monday 3 November 2025 to Friday 19 December 2025 Term
- Occasional Day – Academy closed Friday 28 November 2025 Event
- Christmas Holidays Monday 22 December 2025 to Friday 2 January 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term 1 Monday 5 January 2026 to Friday 20 February 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Monday 23 February 2026 to Friday 27 February 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term 2 Monday 2 March 2026 to Thursday 2 April 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Friday 3 April 2026 (Good Friday) to Friday 17 April 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 1 Monday 20 April 2026 to Friday 22 May 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday Monday 4 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday Monday 25 May 2026 to Friday 29 May 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 2 Monday 1 June 2026 to Friday 17 July 2026 Term
- Staff PD Day – Academy closed to students (date tbc) Friday 26 June 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Late July 2026 to Early September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy with Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 46.6 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 33.97 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 20.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.