SCHOOL PROFILE

Gosforth Central Middle School: data, trends and context

Gosforth Central Middle School is a middle deemed secondary school in Newcastle upon Tyne. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
108519
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Establishment type
Foundation school
Status
Open
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Region
North East
Trust
Gosforth Schools' Trust
Postcode
NE3 1UN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
600
FSM eligible
20.0%
EAL / First language other than English
18.0%
SEND (total)
17.8%
SEN Support
14.5%
EHCP
3.3%
White British
69.7%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.6%
Overall absence
4.4%
Persistent absence
9.5%
Severe absence
0.66%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Newcastle upon TyneLocal authority90.2%9.8%5.6%
North EastRegion90.7%9.3%4.3%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
1.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
1.00%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Gosforth Central Middle School is a middle deemed secondary school in Newcastle upon Tyne. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.