Great Park Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils at Great Park Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 77% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (90% in reading, 95% in maths).

Across Newcastle upon Tyne, 79% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 93% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Newcastle upon Tyne lodged 154 appeals against secondary school offers; 131 reached a hearing and 71 succeeded (54.2% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Great Park Academy are North Gosforth Academy (2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.4); Gosforth Academy (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55); Gosforth East Middle School (2 miles, Good); and Gosforth Junior High Academy (2.2 miles, Good).

Great Park Academy is one of 6 schools run by The Gosforth Federated Academies Limited, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52 in 2024/25.

14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Great Park Academy had 34 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Fawdon (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

2 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Primrose Lane-Wisteria Place (w-bound), 280 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Great Park Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 35 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Newcastle upon Tyne (318).

In 2024/25, Great Park Academy issued 22 suspensions, 6.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Great Park Academy are Havannah First School (0.5 miles), Brunton First School (0.6 miles), Hazlewood Community Primary School (1.1 miles) and North Fawdon Primary School (1.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.