Abbot Beyne School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 834 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
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Newcastle Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 441of 647 places
- Free school meals
- 40.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 81
- Ofsted
- Good, 7 November 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: NCHS The Science College (URN 124413, until 1 September 2015).
What the data says
Newcastle Academy has no sixth form. Of the 75 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 73% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.6 against 46.1 across England and 43.9 in Staffordshire, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 12% of the year group, and 10% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 Staffordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Newcastle Academy | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 75 | 9,264 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 87% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 33% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 3% | 13% |
| — further education college | 73% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Newcastle Academy | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.6 | 43.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.01 | 3.78 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 40% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.9 | 32.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.1 | 47.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 8% | 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 | 81 | 100% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 51% |
| English Literature | 81 | 100% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 57% |
| Mathematics | 81 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 56% |
| Combined Science | 67 | 83% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 45% |
| Geography | 44 | 54% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 36% |
| Film Studies | 23 | 28% | 1% | 13% | 20% | 57% |
| Photography | 23 | 28% | 6% | 22% | 19% | 91% |
| History | 22 | 27% | 41% | 0% | 26% | 23% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 22% | 13% | 22% | 30% | 78% |
| Biology | 11 | 14% | 23% | 18% | 45% | 91% |
| Physics | 11 | 14% | 23% | 45% | 46% | 91% |
| Chemistry | 11 | 14% | 23% | 36% | 47% | 91% |
| French | 10 | 12% | 18% | 10% | 29% | 90% |
| Fine Art | 9 | 11% | 9% | 33% | 28% | 100% |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 60 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 40 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 24 | — | — |
Where Newcastle Academy is
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Staffordshire’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Staffordshire
Alleyne's Academy
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.7
Biddulph High School
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0
Blythe Bridge High School
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80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
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.