North Gosforth Academy
About the school
North Gosforth Academy is an open secondary school in North Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 26 November 2024
- Published
- 14 January 2025
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 43.9
- North Tyneside
- 46
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- North Tyneside
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 40.20%
- North Tyneside
- 43.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 60.90%
- North Tyneside
- 64.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 42.40%
- North Tyneside
- 29.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.96
- North Tyneside
- 3.98
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
562
Girls
44.66%
Boys
55.34%
SEN support
17.08%
Education, health and care plan
4.27%
English as an additional language
3.70%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
38.61%
Overall absence
8.58
Persistent absence
26.8
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
91
Sustained education or employment
82%
Education
70%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
13%