Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy is a secondary school located in Chester le Street. 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 12/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Birtley Lane, Chester le Street, DH3 2LP
Website: http://lordlawson.academy/
Telephone: 01914334026
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Gateshead
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Andrew Fowler
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137942

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 12/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1496
Number of Pupils: 1439
Number of Boys: 625
Number of Girls: 814

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.51 Confidence interval -0.67 to -0.34
Of the 242 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 239 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:35%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.72
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oxclose Nursery School
Brancepeth Road , Oxclose NE38 0LA 		4out of 4 1,939 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
School Street , Birtley DH3 2PN 		4out of 4 415 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Portobello Primary School
Tamerton Drive , Birtley DH3 2LY 		3out of 4 673 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
Mount Pleasant Road , Birtley DH3 1AY 		4out of 4 692 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
Mitchell Street , Birtley DH3 1LU 		3out of 4 921 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Barley Mow Primary School
Pembroke Avenue , Barley Mow DH3 2DJ 		3out of 4 1,039 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Birtley Lane , Birtley DH3 2LP 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Oxclose Community Academy
Dilston Close , Oxclose Village NE38 0LN 		3out of 4 1,799 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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