Newcastle Academy, Newcastle Under Lyme

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From the headteacher's welcome: "As a proud Windsor Academy Trust school, we believe that all children deserve an outstanding education. We work to raise aspirations, to widen opportunities and to achieve excellence for our students."

In 2026, pupils at Newcastle Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 31.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.7 in Staffordshire and 47 across England.

14% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 39% in Staffordshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 37.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.19: pupils made well below 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 26.9, against 35.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.4 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 16 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Health Studies and Hospitality and Catering.

For September 2026 entry, 70 families put Newcastle Academy as their first choice and 200 named it as one of their preferences, for 97 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Newcastle Academy are St John Fisher Catholic College (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 41.7); Clayton Hall Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.8); Thistley Hough Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.7); and The Orme Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Newcastle Academy.

Newcastle Academy is one of 15 schools run by Windsor Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 71 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 78% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 70% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

40.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 47 pupils (10.7%) received SEN support and 18 (4.1%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Stoke-on-Trent Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rothesay Avenue (opposite), 40 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Newcastle Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 214 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Staffordshire (86), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Newcastle Academy issued 195 suspensions, 46.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Newcastle Academy are Westlands Primary School (0.1 miles), St Giles' and St George's Church of England Academy (0.7 miles), Co-op Academy Friarswood (0.7 miles) and St Mary's Catholic Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.