Gosforth East Middle School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Gosforth East Middle School has a caring, supportive atmosphere where pupils feel safe and secure, with excellent behaviour and strong spiritual and moral development. The school offers a broad curriculum with enriching visits, visitors and residential experiences that add to pupils' knowledge and personal development. Leadership is committed to improving teaching quality, and the school is successfully using pupil premium funding to close attainment gaps.
Key Strengths
- Passionate headteacher and deputy headteacher driving improvements in achievement and teaching quality
- Good behaviour in lessons and social times, with a friendly and supportive school atmosphere
- Strong promotion of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development leading to respectful pupil attitudes
- Strengthened leadership team with sharp focus on improving teaching quality
- Diligent governing body providing robust challenge and accountability
Areas for Improvement
- Progress and achievement not consistently good for all groups, particularly the most able
- Expectations of what pupils can achieve are not high enough
- Teaching lacks consistency and does not match challenge well enough to individual abilities
- Disadvantaged pupils not making fast enough progress to close attainment gaps
- Teacher feedback in books does not clearly show pupils how to improve, and corrections are not always followed up
Safeguarding
Safeguarding and child protection arrangements meet requirements with well-established procedures and good practice in the day-to-day management, care, support and protection of pupils.
Extracurricular Activities
Sport camps, golf, rock climbing, squash, various sports clubs and teams, enrichment activities, visits and residential experiences
Gosforth East Middle School is a smaller than average secondary school that requires improvement. While leadership is good and behaviour is strong, progress and achievement are not consistently good for all pupils, and teaching quality needs to improve.
At a Glance
17.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 89%. Maths has remained stable at around 89%. Writing has improved from 84% to 89%.
Class Sizes
30.9
Avg class size
18
Total classes
9 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
109%
Over capacity
557 pupils
512 capacity
45 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Admissions Demand - Newcastle upon Tyne
Places available
2,467
Applications
2,592
Got 1st preference
79.7%
Got preferred school
93.9%
Secondary admissions across Newcastle upon Tyne (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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Teachers & Staff
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School Funding
Annual funding per pupil, total budget, pupil premium grants, and how the school's resources compare to similar schools nationally.
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.61521%
Overall absence
12.32143%
Persistent absence
560
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Gosforth East Middle School
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, Gosforth
Gosforth Park First School
Grange First School
St Charles' Catholic Primary School
Archbishop Runcie CofE First School
Archibald First School
Regent Farm First School
South Gosforth First School
North Fawdon Primary School
Balliol Primary School
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