Kingsmeadow Community School
Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Barrett
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 975
- Pupils on roll
- 868
- URN
- 108410
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914606004
About this school
Kingsmeadow Community School is a community secondary school in Gateshead. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 868 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Kingsmeadow Community School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 158 | 164 | 173 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.1 | 37.6 | 42.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.41 -0.64 to -0.19 | -0.75 -0.97 to -0.53 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 27.4% | 36.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 50.6% | 58.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 90% | 82.9% | 80.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Kingsmeadow Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gateshead average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.1 | 35.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.6 | 39.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.9 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 939 |
| 2023/24 | 970 |
| 2024/25 | 911 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kingsmeadow Community School compares
Kingsmeadow Community School ranked 7th of 8 secondary schools in Gateshead for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.9 | 9.5% | 49.4% | 868 | — |
| Whickham School | 53 | 8.1% | 22.6% | 1,690 | 1.4 miles |
| North East Futures UTC | 35.4 | 15.6% | 54.3% | 314 | 1.9 miles |
| St Cuthbert's High School | 49 | 8.1% | 40.3% | 1,224 | 2.2 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic High School | 52.1 | 9.5% | 37.8% | 1,424 | 2.2 miles |
| Grace College | 42.9 | 16.8% | 41.5% | 1,125 | 2.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 14 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.35%
- English as an additional language
- 21.2%
- Overall absence
- 9.52%
- Persistent absence
- 30.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whickham School1.4 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
North East Futures UTC1.9 miles
Secondary · Newcastle Upon Tyne
-
St Cuthbert's High School2.2 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Sacred Heart Catholic High School2.2 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Grace College2.4 miles
Secondary · Gateshead
Other schools in Gateshead
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead Secondary
- Grace College Secondary
- Heworth Grange School Secondary
- Bensham Grove Nursery School Nursery
- Bede Community Primary School Primary
- Bill Quay Primary School Primary
- Brandling Primary School Primary
- Brighton Avenue Primary School Primary
- Caedmon Community Primary School Primary
- Carr Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School, Gateshead Primary
- Dunston Hill Community Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Kingsmeadow Community School teach?
- Kingsmeadow Community School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Gateshead.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingsmeadow Community School?
- The headteacher of Kingsmeadow Community School is Mr Mark Barrett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Kingsmeadow Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsmeadow Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Kingsmeadow Community School?
- Kingsmeadow Community School has 868 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Kingsmeadow Community School full?
- Kingsmeadow Community School has capacity for 975 pupils and 868 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Kingsmeadow Community School a faith school?
- No. Kingsmeadow Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Kingsmeadow Community School a selective school?
- No. Kingsmeadow Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Kingsmeadow Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.1 in 2022/23 and 42.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kingsmeadow Community School compare with other schools in Gateshead?
- Kingsmeadow Community School ranked 7th of 8 secondary schools in Gateshead for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kingsmeadow Community School's absence rate?
- Kingsmeadow Community School's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsmeadow Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsmeadow Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.