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George Stephenson High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Foundation school
Southgate, Killingworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE12 6SA · gshs.org.uk · 0191 216 1115
On the mapSearch near NE12 6SA
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48
- average Attainment 8 score. North Tyneside 46, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,233
- 6 over 1,227 places · 100%
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- First language not English
- 4.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 180 families put the school first and 233 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 233 | 180 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 224 | 197 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 218 | 199 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 226 | 223 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 218 | 197 | 0.9 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48, and 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Tyneside it was 46, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (33.3 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●48 | 46 | ||
| ▼42.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ●63.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.14 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 22.8 | −15.6 |
| Further education | 59.7 | +16.6 |
| Other education | 0.5 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 6.3 | +0.6 |
| Employment | 3.9 | +0.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | −2.7 |
| Activity not captured | 2.4 | +0.5 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 students | C+ (33.3) | Below average -0.21 | |
| 48 students | C+ (33.3) | Below average -0.22 | |
| 15 students | Dist- (30.6) | Average -0.14 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 70 | C+ (33.1) | -0.27 |
| 2022/23 | 46 | C (30.3) | — |
| 2021/22 | 46 | B (40.6) | — |
| 2018/19 | 67 | C (31.2) | -0.20 |
| 2017/18 | 62 | C (30.8) | -0.32 |
| 2016/17 | 45 | C+ (31.7) | -0.01 |
| 2015/16 | 61 | C+ (32.4) | -0.09 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 54.5 | +9.9 |
| Other education | 1.3 | −2.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 13 | −10.2 |
| Employment | 16.9 | −4.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.7 | +8.1 |
| Activity not captured | 2.6 | −1 |
Ofsted
George Stephenson High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective May 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (86 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 63%
- Replies
- 86
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (22%) with SEND