Secondary
Whickham School
Burnthouse Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1690 of 1713 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- WHICKHAM SCHOOL AND SPORTS COLLEGE
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 96.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 133.5
- Pupils per adult
- 12.5
- Pupils
- 1,673
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 January 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- 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 inspections2
May 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)February 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
60%
12 points above the Gateshead average (48% across 8 schools)
53.0
6.2 above the Gateshead average (46.8 across 8 schools)
2nd of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Gateshead we can score - 12 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.79 |
| Entered the EBacc | 57% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.89 |
| A level students | 129 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56% |
| 22/23 | 47% |
| 23/24 | 56% |
| 24/25 | 60% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.2 |
| 22/23 | 35.4 |
| 23/24 | 34.4 |
| 24/25 | 35.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.24 |
| 22/23 | +0.15 |
| 23/24 | +0.26 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55.3 |
| 22/23 | 52.3 |
| 23/24 | 52.4 |
| 24/25 | 53.0 |
Burnthouse Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
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 31 October, the year before starting.
Gateshead 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
- Headteacher
- Fraser Turnbull
- Address
- Burnthouse Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE16 5AR
- Telephone
- 01914960026