Jesmond Park Academy

Jesmond Park Academy has showcased good overall performance in its first inspection, demonstrating solid leadership and management, effective teaching, and positive student behavior. The curriculum is well-structured, enabling pupils to build knowledge across multiple subjects. However, while the support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is strong for those with higher needs, it is not consistently provided for others, which presents an area for improvement. Engagement with parents is increasing, but some still express concerns about communication and support for SEND students.

Strengths

• Well-planned curriculum helps pupils build knowledge and skills.
• Effective teaching practices across many subjects.
• Strong provision for pupils with higher levels of SEND.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• High expectations for behavior and respect among pupils.
• Above-average attendance rates.
• Strong leadership support for staff.
• Students in the sixth form value their curriculum and support.

Areas for Improvement

• Variable adaptation of teaching to meet all SEND needs.
• Underdeveloped strategies for supporting phonics in weak readers.
• Occasionally moving pupils on before confirming understanding.
• Ongoing concerns from parents regarding behavior and SEND support.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Jesmond Park Academy attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.0% of pupils at Jesmond Park Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Jesmond Park Academy had 17.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.5% of pupils at Jesmond Park Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Jesmond Park Academy received £8,447 and spent £8,062 for each of its 2,085 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,232,000 (£591 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of The Gosforth Federated Academies Limited, income was £8,092 and spending £8,218 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Jesmond Park Academy is part of The Gosforth Federated Academies Limited, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Gosforth Junior High Academy Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Gosforth Academy Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Great Park Academy Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Callerton Academy Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• North Gosforth Academy Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

What is Jesmond Park Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Jesmond Park Academy is Good, from an inspection in July 2022.

When was Jesmond Park Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Jesmond Park Academy was last inspected in July 2022.

How many pupils does Jesmond Park Academy have?

Jesmond Park Academy has 2,092 pupils on roll.

What age range does Jesmond Park Academy cover?

Jesmond Park Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Jesmond Park Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 53.1, and 60% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Jesmond Park Academy?

Jesmond Park Academy is at Jesmond Park West, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE7 7DP.