All-through
Excelsior Academy
Denton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 6AF
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1339 of 1710 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 102.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 148.8
- Pupils per adult
- 9.8
- Pupils
- 1,460
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2020
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
24%
33.4
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 101 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 55% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 33.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.85 |
| Entered the EBacc | 36% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 40% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% |
| A level average points per entry | 15.73 |
| A level students | 30 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 34% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 26% |
| 22/23 | 19% |
| 23/24 | 16% |
| 24/25 | 24% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 26.6 |
| 22/23 | 15.9 |
| 23/24 | 21.5 |
| 24/25 | 15.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 100.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.25 |
| 22/23 | -0.68 |
| 23/24 | -0.62 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 96.0 |
| 23/24 | 99.0 |
| 24/25 | 101.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.4 |
| 22/23 | 31.9 |
| 23/24 | 30.2 |
| 24/25 | 33.4 |
Denton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 6AF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Newcastle upon Tyne admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Executive Principal
- Mark Foster
- Address
- Denton Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15 6AF
- Telephone
- 01912288400