Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,505 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.2
Community special school
Furrowfield School
- Pupils on roll
- 101of 76 places
- Free school meals
- 74.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 18
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 17 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 14 pupils who finished Year 11 at Furrowfield School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
29% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Furrowfield School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 5.4, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Gateshead and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Furrowfield School | Gateshead | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 14 | 2,044 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 57% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 50% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 36% | 42% | 37% |
| — other education | 14% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 29% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 14% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Furrowfield School | Gateshead | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.4 | 47.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 49% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.46 | 4.23 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 78% | 31% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 33.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 10% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 9 | 50% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| Mathematics | 9 | 50% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| English Literature | 4 | 22% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Combined Science | 4 | 22% | 65% | — | 9% | — |
| Business Studies | 2 | 11% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
| Geography | 2 | 11% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
Other secondary schools in Gateshead
Grace College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,125 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Heworth Grange School
Academy sponsor led · 910 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.4
Kingsmeadow Community School
Community school · sixth form · 868 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.9
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,334 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
St Thomas More Catholic School, Blaydon
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,401 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.