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Heworth Grange School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
High Lanes, Felling, Gateshead NE10 0PT · heworthgrange.org · 0191 421 2244
On the mapSearch near NE10 0PT
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Gateshead 47, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Gateshead Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 910
- 67% of 1,361 places
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 56.1%
- First language not English
- 15.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Consilium Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gateshead Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 152 families put the school first and 207 places were offered; 100% 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 | 207 | 152 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 197 | 119 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 208 | 102 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 216 | 97 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 223 | 91 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.4, and 26.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Gateshead it was 47, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼42.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼6.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.88 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108407)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 3.4 | +2 |
| Further education | 73.5 | +0.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | 0 |
| Employment | 1.5 | −3.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.8 | +0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 6.4 | +2.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 students | D+ (24.6) | Well below average -0.58 | |
| 46 students | D+ (24.5) | Well below average -0.58 | |
| 23 students | Merit- (21.1) | Below average -0.33 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 51 | C- (25.1) | -0.54 |
| 2016/17 | 37 | C- (25.4) | -0.14 |
| 2015/16 | 76 | C- (27) | -0.11 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2019/20 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 54 | +8 |
| Further education | 7 | −1 |
| Apprenticeship | 4 | −27 |
| Employment | 21 | +15 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 14 | +8 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Heworth Grange School on 12 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 12 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108407), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Jan 2017Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108407)
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (95 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 95
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 38 parents (40%) with SEND