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Thorp Academy

URN
141185
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Thorp Academy
URN
141185
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

67 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

67

Inspection

58

Admissions Value

73

Destinations

46

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#5 of 8 schools in Gateshead

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Safety school
  • Admissions pressure: Moderate competition
  • Admissions risk: Moderate risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Thorp Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Accessible
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 6 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
16 July 2024
Inspection date
19 June 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Good

    Graded 16 July 2024

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Moderate pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

263

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

365

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

249

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

1.39×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Gateshead
Admissions portal
Westminster admissions
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
https://ta.northerneducationtrust.org/

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

47.2

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

54.2%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

75.7%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

39.0%

EBacc achievement

Location

NE40 3AH - Main Road, Ryton, Tyne and Wear

Contact details

Address
Main Road, Ryton, Tyne and Wear
Postcode
NE40 3AH
Phone
1914132113
Website
https://ta.northerneducationtrust.org/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Gateshead
Local authority code
390

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 187 schools in Gateshead.

Authority statistics

Total schools

187

Open schools

92

Closed schools

95

Primary schools

126

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    16 July 202419 June 2024-School remains GoodView report for inspection published 16 July 2024
    • School remains Good

      Published
      16 July 2024
      Inspected
      19 June 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    68.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 235

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    23.1%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    31.3

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.52

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    22.6%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    80.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    3.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    7.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    8.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    29

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary126 (67.7%)
    • Secondary29 (15.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other31 (16.7%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Charles Thorp Comprehensive School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Ryton Community Infant School58 mPrimaryOpen
    Ryton Junior School206 mPrimaryOpen
    Emmaville Primary School913 mPrimaryOpen
    St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook1.2 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Agnes' Catholic Primary School1.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    Kepier Chare Community Primary School1.2 kmPrimaryClosed
    Crookhill Community Primary School1.8 kmPrimaryOpen
    Greenside Primary School2.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon2.7 kmPrimaryOpen
    • Charles Thorp Comprehensive School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Ryton Community Infant School
      Distance
      58 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Ryton Junior School
      Distance
      206 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Emmaville Primary School
      Distance
      913 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Gateshead)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Blaydon Comprehensive SchoolSecondaryNE21 5NWClosed
    Breckenbeds Junior High SchoolSecondaryNE9 6LEClosed
    Cardinal Hume Catholic SchoolSecondaryNE9 6RZClosed
    Cardinal Hume Catholic School, GatesheadSecondaryNE9 6RZOpen
    Charles Thorp Comprehensive SchoolSecondaryNE40 3AHClosed
    • Blaydon Comprehensive School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NE21 5NW
      Status
      Closed
    • Breckenbeds Junior High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NE9 6LE
      Status
      Closed
    • Cardinal Hume Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NE9 6RZ
      Status
      Closed
    • Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      NE9 6RZ
      Status
      Open
    St Agnes' Catholic Primary School, Crawcrook
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Agnes' Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Kepier Chare Community Primary School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Crookhill Community Primary School
    Distance
    1.8 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Greenside Primary School
    Distance
    2.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Mary & St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Blaydon
    Distance
    2.7 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Charles Thorp Comprehensive School
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    NE40 3AH
    Status
    Closed