Gosforth Junior High Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE3 1EE
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 7 November 2023
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695 pupils · 116% of 600 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 19.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 13% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 136348
In figures
Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2014
1.15 first-choice applications per place47 places offered · 54 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 2.137 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 5
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.137 miles
measured in a straight line.
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Newcastle-upon-Tyne school admissions · the wider Newcastle upon Tyne authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
182 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Visual Impairment
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 5 of 12 places taken places may be available
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 63% (Newcastle upon Tyne 59%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 6% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 5% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 6%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 2%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
18.79 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Newcastle upon Tyne: 42.07 suspensions and 0.34 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
61.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,476; 2.6% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%
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Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (77%) · premises 10% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (6%) · supplies and services 10% (11%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£475,000
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Inspection history since 2015
- 7 November 2023: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 66.1% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 10.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 59.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 10.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 55.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 75.5% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 5.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 19.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 0.1% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 29.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 29.3% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008355 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £296,000685 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £195,000–£440,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Inside the Year 5 cutoff distance (3.44 km, 2026 entry): 3,868 sales, median £232,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 9an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 43an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 5an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted
Nearby schools
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