SCHOOL PROFILE

XP Gateshead: data, trends and context

XP Gateshead is a secondary school in Gateshead. 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
148617
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Gateshead
Region
North East
Trust
XP SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
Postcode
NE10 9UZ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
245
FSM eligible
35.1%
EAL / First language other than English
5.7%
SEND (total)
25.3%
SEN Support
22.0%
EHCP
3.3%
White British
88.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
91.1%
Overall absence
8.9%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Severe absence
3.4%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
GatesheadLocal authority90.7%9.3%4.4%
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
37.9%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
17.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.51%

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

See XP Gateshead against 25 similar schools

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