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Great Park Academy

Middle deemed secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · NE13 9FR

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Good

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.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 9 July 2024

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At a glance

614 pupils · 51% of 1,200 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
9–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.greatparkacademy.org.uk/
URN
143923

In figures

Ofsted last graded it Good on 9 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 5

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.856 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 9

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
28%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

Attainment 8 score

no data

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no data

EBacc average point score

no data

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Newcastle upon Tyne 59%, England 59%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 5%) · Not recorded 3% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Newcastle upon Tyne 2%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 4%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Newcastle upon Tyne 5%, England 7%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Newcastle upon Tyne 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.73 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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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 2.99% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 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 £49,151; 5.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£6,856
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 5% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£1,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher61.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications3.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work61.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health68.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier90.4%62.3%
Social housing2%17.1%
Privately rented7.6%20.5%
Detached houses69.1%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms65.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035614 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£263,500504 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£206,000–£353,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (232)£363,500
Semi-detached (140)£237,500
Terraced (77)£202,500
Flat (55)£152,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 5 cutoff distance (2.99 km, 2021 entry): 1,883 sales, median £240,000. 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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

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