Burnside College
Foundation school · sixth form · 995 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Academy sponsor led
North Gosforth Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 576of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 38.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 92
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 26 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Seaton Burn College, A Specialist Business and Enterprise School (URN 108647, until 20 January 2017).
What the data says
North Gosforth Academy has no sixth form. Of the 91 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 10% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 10% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 51% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
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 North Tyneside and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | North Gosforth Academy | North Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 91 | 2,044 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 82% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 70% | 83% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 18% | 40% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 10% | 6% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | North Gosforth Academy | North Tyneside | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.9 | 46.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 42% | 29% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.96 | 3.98 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 36% | 26% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.1 | 33.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.1 | 50.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 7% | 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 Literature | 92 | 100% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 62% |
| Mathematics | 92 | 100% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 77% |
| English Language | 92 | 100% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 55% |
| Combined Science | 75 | 82% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 53% |
| Geography | 63 | 68% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 43% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 47 | 51% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 11% |
| Spanish | 37 | 40% | 19% | 3% | 27% | 65% |
| History | 32 | 35% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 44% |
| Design and Technology | 27 | 29% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 48% |
| Biology | 17 | 18% | 23% | 47% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 18% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 17 | 18% | 23% | 35% | 46% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 14 | 15% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 86% |
| Business Studies | 14 | 15% | 18% | 21% | 20% | 79% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 10% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 56% |
| Media Studies | 9 | 10% | 4% | 11% | 20% | 67% |
| Chinese | 6 | 7% | 1% | 0% | 75% | 67% |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 1% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 35 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 26 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 15 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 12 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 10 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in North Tyneside
Churchill Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.4
George Stephenson High School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,233 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.0
John Spence Community High School
Academy converter · 872 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.0
Kings Priory School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,549 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.1
Longbenton High School
Foundation school · sixth form · 995 pupils
75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.7
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.