UK Schools
North Gosforth Academy
North Gosforth Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside Council, teaching 576 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in November 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 43.9 (England 46.1). Term dates and holidays for 2025–2026 are listed below.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for North Gosforth Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for North Gosforth Academy.
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Start of Autumn Term (Year 7 only) Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Term
- Start of Autumn Term (All Students) Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Monday 27th - Friday 31st October 2025 Holiday
- End of Autumn Term / Start of Christmas Holiday Friday 19th December 2025 (school closes at 12.20pm) Holiday
- Start of Spring Term Monday 5th January 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Monday 16th - Friday 20th February 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term / Start of Easter Holiday Thursday 2nd April 2026 (school closes at 12.20pm) Holiday
- Start of Summer Term Monday 20th April 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term Holiday Monday 25th - Friday 29th May 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term / Start of Summer Holiday Friday 17th July 2026 (school closes at 12.20pm) Holiday
- Return after Summer Holiday Tuesday 1st September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare North Gosforth Academy with North Tyneside Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 43.9 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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Attendance 26.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 82% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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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 North Gosforth 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 North Gosforth 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.