SCHOOL PROFILE

North Gosforth Academy: data, trends and context

North Gosforth Academy is a secondary school in North Tyneside. 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
144279
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
North Tyneside
Region
North East
Trust
THE GOSFORTH FEDERATED ACADEMIES LIMITED
Postcode
NE13 6EJ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
576
FSM eligible
38.5%
EAL / First language other than English
5.0%
SEND (total)
30.7%
SEN Support
26.0%
EHCP
4.7%
White British
88.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.4%
Overall absence
8.6%
Persistent absence
26.8%
Severe absence
3.3%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
North TynesideLocal authority91.7%8.3%3.3%
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
26.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
10.1%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.71%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
43.9
English & maths grade 5+
40.2%
English & maths grade 4+
60.9%

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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North Gosforth Academy is a secondary school in North Tyneside. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.