Secondary
Harton Academy
Lisle Road, South Shields, NE34 6DL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1599 of 1601 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.2
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Trust
- THE ILLUMINARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 116.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 151.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.9
- Pupils
- 1,659
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 February 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
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 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
38%
42.6
1st of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in South Shields we can score - 4 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 | 42.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.91 |
| Entered the EBacc | 49% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.51 |
| A level students | 149 |
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 | 50% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.3 |
| 22/23 | 36.5 |
| 23/24 | 35.0 |
| 24/25 | 30.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.13 |
| 22/23 | -0.26 |
| 23/24 | -0.48 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.9 |
| 22/23 | 46.1 |
| 23/24 | 43.3 |
| 24/25 | 42.6 |
Lisle Road, South Shields, NE34 6DL
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.
South Tyneside 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 Head Teacher
- Jon Skurr
- Address
- Lisle Road, South Shields, NE34 6DL
- Telephone
- 01914274050