George Stephenson High School is a secondary school located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 02/11/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.8%, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Southgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 6SA
Website: http://www.gshs.org.uk/
Telephone: 01912161115
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: North Tyneside
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Ian D Wilkinson
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 108639

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 02/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1227
Number of Pupils: 1211
Number of Boys: 621
Number of Girls: 590

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.01 Confidence interval -0.17 to 0.2
Of the 193 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 192 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:38%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:36%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.02
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Amberley Primary School
East Bailey , Killingworth NE12 6SQ 		3out of 4 644 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Westmoor Primary School
Southgate , Killingworth NE12 6SA 		4out of 4 644 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Grasmere Academy
Grasmere Court , Killingworth NE12 6TS 		3out of 4 688 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Bailey Green Primary School
West Bailey , NE12 6QL 		4out of 4 792 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School Aided
Great Lime Road , Forest Hall NE12 7AB 		3out of 4 841 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
George Stephenson High School
Southgate , Killingworth NE12 6SA 		2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Longbenton High School
Hailsham Avenue , Longbenton NE12 8ER 		2out of 4 1,843 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Percy Hedley School
West Lane , Killingworth NE12 7BH 		4out of 4 428 yd Non-maintained special school Yes Mixed More About School
Benton Dene School
Hailsham Avenue , NE12 8FD 		3out of 4 1,684 yd Foundation special school Yes Mixed More About School
Percy Hedley Hedleys College
Station Road , Forest Hall NE12 8YY 		- not rated 1,959 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Hopespring Newcastle
Chesters Avenue (on corner of Aydon Gardens) , Longbenton NE12 8UZ 		- not rated 3,187 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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