Bahr Academy

Independent school · Girls · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · selective (grammar) · Sunni DeobandiNewcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE15school website

An independent school in Newcastle upon Tyne for ages 11–16: destination measures are not published for independent schools, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
—
Pupils
29

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Newcastle upon Tyne’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 30 places.

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

26.96%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Language & Communication44%
Law & Public Administration28%
Social & Cultural Skills9%
Business & Administration2%
Mathematics & Statistics0%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects3

Entries 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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Arabic5100%1%—47%—
Citizenship Studies5100%3%—19%—
Urdu5100%1%—42%—
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication56%
Law & Public Administration33%
Natural Sciences19%
Green & Sustainability18%
Health & Safety18%
Transversal Skills15%
Digital & ICT Skills15%
Social & Cultural Skills14%
Mathematics & Statistics11%
Arts & Humanities9%
Engineering & Manufacturing8%
Business & Administration5%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

opinion 11.0vocabulary 11.0inference 7.0conversation 7.0translation 7.0extended text 6.0purpose 6.0grammatical structure 6.0tense 6.0fraction 6.0time reference 5.0authentic material 5.0particle model 5.0accuracy 4.0citizenship issue 4.0overall message 4.0key point 4.0verb tense 4.0narrative 4.0theme 4.0coherence 4.0discussion 4.0justification 4.0register 4.0

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses solution, material property, graph from Design and Technology, Mathematics, Science · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses data collection, software, sensors from Computing, Design and Technology, Geography and 1 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Peer workerLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses accuracy, identity, culture from Citizenship Studies, Modern Foreign Language, Computing and 2 more · jobs: social work assistant
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data collection, conduct field work, climate change from Computing, Geography, Science · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, unit conversion, dna from Mathematics, Science · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses punctuation, spelling, grammar from English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, accuracy, sampling technique from Modern Foreign Language, Science · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses data collection, scale, computer systems from Computing, Design and Technology, Geography and 1 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Manufacturing engineer (degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses force, component selection, electrical system from Design and Technology, Science · jobs: maintenance and repair engineer, industrial engineer, production engineer
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses accuracy, register, summarising from Modern Foreign Language, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: storyboard artist
Content creatorLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses punctuation, spelling, grammar from English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: communication manager, online community manager, web content manager
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, volume, unit conversion from Mathematics, Science · jobs: battery test technician
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Independent schools admit directly and set their own dates and entrance tests; council allocation statistics do not cover them.

  1. Year 6Register with the school; entrance assessments are usually in the autumn or January, offers in February
Newcastle upon Tyne

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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.