Gosforth East Middle School | School performance

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

556

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

556

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

17%

RWM higher · 2024/25

556

Pupils · 2024/25

15%

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 04/07/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNewcastle upon Tyne

PhaseAll-through

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio20.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Gosforth East Middle School · All-through · Newcastle upon Tyne

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

80%

+4pp

84%80%76%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

17%

+1pp

17%13%9%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 17%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

89%

Reading higher standard

49%

Writing expected standard

89%

Writing higher standard

28%

Maths expected standard

89%

Maths higher standard

29%

Science expected standard

89%

SPAG expected standard

88%

SPAG higher standard

49%

Reading scaled score

109.0

Maths scaled score

107.0

GPS scaled score

110.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

556

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

15%

FSM eligible

19%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Harewood Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 5JT

Local authority

Newcastle upon Tyne

Website

www.gosfortheast.newcastle.sch.uk

Telephone

01912855445

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	80%	17%	89%	49%	89%	28%	89%	29%	89%	88%	109.0	107.0	110.0	—	—	—	15%	556
2023/24	76%	16%	87%	40%	84%	27%	87%	30%	91%	88%	108.0	107.0	110.0	—	—	—	12%	535
2022/23	76%	9%	84%	40%	86%	17%	88%	29%	91%	87%	108.0	106.0	108.0	+1.30	+0.90	+0.90	12%	512
2018/19	83%	11%	88%	38%	91%	23%	91%	36%	91%	91%	108.0	107.0	110.0	+1.60	+0.10	+0.80	13%	512
2017/18	84%	12%	94%	43%	89%	21%	94%	33%	93%	91%	108.0	108.0	110.0	+1.60	-0.30	+1.60	13%	510
2016/17	71%	3%	83%	39%	76%	3%	94%	29%	88%	86%	107.0	108.0	107.0	+0.80	-3.50	+1.90	13%	486

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	556	20.5	15%	15%	19%	6%	12%
2023/24	535	19.2	12%	14%	20%	5%	13%
2022/23	512	18.9	12%	13%	19%	5%	12%
2021/22	515	17.9	13%	11%	21%	6%	14%
2020/21	513	20.3	11%	8%	19%	—	—
2018/19	512	20.8	13%	10%	18%	4%	8%
2017/18	510	21.6	13%	14%	16%	4%	8%
2016/17	486	18.3	13%	13%	15%	3%	5%