Jesmond Park Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 3 December 2026 at 5pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Jesmond Park Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 42.8 in Newcastle upon Tyne and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 43% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 47% in England.

That is up from 51.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.29: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 43.1, against 59.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 30 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 378 families put Jesmond Park Academy as their first choice and 989 named it as one of their preferences, for 330 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 96 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Jesmond Park Academy are St Mary's Catholic School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.1); Benfield School (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 31.8); Gosforth Central Middle School (1.6 miles, Good); and Gosforth Junior High Academy (1.7 miles, Good).

Jesmond Park Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Jesmond 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.

Of the 307 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 182 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 55% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 19% into work. 27% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

38.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 304 pupils (14.5%) received SEN support and 53 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is West Jesmond (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Heaton Manor Comprehensive School (n-bound), 150 metres away.

In 2024/25, Jesmond Park Academy issued 404 suspensions, 19.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Jesmond Park Academy are Cragside Primary School (0.3 miles); Ravenswood Primary School (0.5 miles); St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Heaton (0.7 miles); and St Catherine's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.