Secondary
Thorp Academy
Main Road, Ryton, NE40 3AH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1442 of 1740 places
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
54%
47.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.26 |
| Entered the EBacc | 39% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.32 |
| A level students | 58 |
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 | 69% |
| 22/23 | 54% |
| 23/24 | 54% |
| 24/25 | 54% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.9 |
| 22/23 | 31.9 |
| 23/24 | 31.6 |
| 24/25 | 31.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.37 |
| 22/23 | +0.01 |
| 23/24 | -0.12 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55.1 |
| 22/23 | 48.8 |
| 23/24 | 47.0 |
| 24/25 | 47.2 |
Main Road, Ryton, NE40 3AH
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
- Executive Principal
- Joanna Macaulay
- Address
- Main Road, Ryton, NE40 3AH
- Telephone
- 01914132113