Burnside College
St Peter's Road, Wallsend, NE28 7LQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Jamieson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,266
- Pupils on roll
- 995
- URN
- 108640
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01912598500
About this school
Burnside College is a foundation secondary school in Wallsend. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 995 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 131 | 166 | 131 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.0 | 41.5 | 44.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.14 -0.38 to +0.11 | -0.46 -0.68 to -0.24 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% | 31.3% | 30.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 57.2% | 57.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 85% | 62.7% | 74% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
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 Burnside College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.5 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.2 | 36.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,011 |
| 2023/24 | 1,020 |
| 2024/25 | 959 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Burnside College compares
Burnside College ranked 6th of 12 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.2 | 9% | 37.7% | 995 | — |
| Walker Riverside Academy | 35.5 | 12.1% | 68.1% | 1,101 | 1.4 miles |
| Benfield School | 33.5 | 14.3% | 68.3% | 819 | 1.6 miles |
| Hebburn Comprehensive School | 44.2 | 10.8% | 49.3% | 857 | 1.9 miles |
| Jarrow School | 42.6 | 11.3% | 45.7% | 844 | 2.0 miles |
| Norham High School | 42.7 | 8% | 63.2% | 498 | 2.0 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
-
Ungraded inspection report27 November 2024
- 22 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.74%
- English as an additional language
- 12.9%
- Overall absence
- 8.97%
- Persistent absence
- 27.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Walker Riverside Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Benfield School1.6 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Hebburn Comprehensive School1.9 miles
Secondary · Hebburn
-
Jarrow School2.0 miles
Secondary · Jarrow
-
Norham High School2.0 miles
Secondary · North Shields
Other schools in Wallsend
- Churchill Community College Secondary
- Churchill Community College Secondary
- Battle Hill Primary School Primary
- Carville Academy Primary
- Denbigh Community Primary School Primary
- Hadrian Park Primary School Primary
- Redesdale Primary School Primary
- Richardson Dees Primary School Primary
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Primary
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend Primary
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Primary
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Burnside College teach?
- Burnside College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wallsend.
- Who is the headteacher of Burnside College?
- The headteacher of Burnside College is Mr Daniel Jamieson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Burnside College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Burnside College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Burnside College?
- Burnside College has 995 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Burnside College full?
- Burnside College has capacity for 1,266 pupils and 995 on roll (79%), 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 Burnside College a faith school?
- No. Burnside College has no designated religious character.
- Is Burnside College a selective school?
- No. Burnside College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Burnside College?
- Burnside College is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Burnside College have?
- The schools register lists Burnside College's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Burnside College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45 in 2022/23 and 44.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Burnside College rank locally?
- Burnside College ranked 6th of 12 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 53% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Burnside College's absence rate?
- Burnside College's overall absence rate is 9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Burnside College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Burnside College'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.