State-fundedAcademy converter · Newcastle upon Tyne · NE3 2JH
Secondary with sixth form · ages 13–18
Gosforth Academy is a state-funded school in Newcastle upon Tyne, teaching pupils aged 13 to 18.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | +0.6489th percentile | +0.4481st percentile | +0.4380th percentile | +0.5084th percentile |
| Attainment 8 | 56.587th percentile | 55.585th percentile | 58.486th percentile | 56.887th percentile |
Progress 8 for 2023–24 was +0.64 — well above average, the 89th percentile nationally. On average pupils left with grades about 0.64 of a grade per subject higher than pupils across England who had the same results at the end of primary school.
The 95% confidence interval for 2023–24 runs +0.50 to +0.78. That sits entirely above zero, so the above-average result is very unlikely to be chance. It has risen in each of the years shown (2021–22 to 2023–24), which is a more convincing signal than any single year.
Attainment 8 is the average grade pupils leave with across eight GCSEs; it tells you where they ended up, and tracks the intake a school admits as much as anything the school does. Progress 8 compares those grades with pupils nationally who had the same results at the end of primary school, so it is the better measure of what a school added.
| Grade 5+ in English & Maths | 67%88th percentile |
|---|---|
| EBacc average point score | 5.3489th percentile |
A school can post a respectable overall score while coasting one group and carrying the average on another. The row that matters to you is the one your own child sits in.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower starters | +0.72 | +0.30 | -0.10 | +0.31 |
| Middle starters | +0.65 | +0.32 | +0.49 | +0.49 |
| Higher starters | +0.58 | +0.66 | +0.57 | +0.60 |
No places were offered for 2026 entry through the coordinated scheme, so there is no ratio to show.
| Overall absence | 9.2%42nd percentile |
|---|---|
| Persistently absent pupils | 23.3%60th percentile |
Absence is worth reading next to results: it is a plainer signal of whether pupils are turning up and engaged than any grade average. Across the schools in this dataset the overall absence rate averages 9.0%, so this school is above the norm.
Good
A legacy overall effectiveness grade, from an inspection before Ofsted retired the single headline grade in 2025.
The GCSE results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, which describes pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers where pupils go next, A-level or sixth-form results, pastoral care, how far a school pushes music, sport or drama, or how it feels to walk around — and those are the things parents most often say settled it. Visit at an open evening before you rank a school.
Nor is any of it a prediction of a place. Whether your child is offered one depends on the school's admission criteria and, most often, on how far you live from the gate.
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