Churchill Community College
Churchill Street, Wallsend, NE28 7TN
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanna Lamb
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,060
- Pupils on roll
- 807
- URN
- 108641
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01912347200
About this school
Churchill Community College is a foundation secondary school in Wallsend. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 807 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 182 | 179 | 158 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.6 | 39.5 | 40.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.99 -1.20 to -0.78 | -0.86 -1.07 to -0.65 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 25.1% | 32.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 50.3% | 58.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 3% | 8.4% | 4.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
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 Churchill Community 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 | 37.6 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.5 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.4 | 36.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,046 |
| 2023/24 | 998 |
| 2024/25 | 922 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Churchill Community College compares
Churchill Community College ranked 12th of 12 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.4 | 12.1% | 45.2% | 807 | — |
| Burnside College | 44.2 | 9% | 37.7% | 995 | 0.9 miles |
| Norham High School | 42.7 | 8% | 63.2% | 498 | 1.4 miles |
| St Thomas More Catholic High School | 49.6 | 8.8% | 24.8% | 1,660 | 1.5 miles |
| Walker Riverside Academy | 35.5 | 12.1% | 68.1% | 1,101 | 2.3 miles |
| Benfield School | 33.5 | 14.3% | 68.3% | 819 | 2.3 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.2%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 12.12%
- Persistent absence
- 33.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Burnside College0.9 miles
Secondary · Wallsend
-
Norham High School1.4 miles
Secondary · North Shields
-
St Thomas More Catholic High School1.5 miles
Secondary · North Shields
-
Walker Riverside Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Benfield School2.3 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Other schools in Wallsend
- Burnside 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 Churchill Community College teach?
- Churchill Community College teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Wallsend.
- Who is the headteacher of Churchill Community College?
- The headteacher of Churchill Community College is Mrs Joanna Lamb, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Churchill Community College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Churchill Community 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 Churchill Community College?
- Churchill Community College has 807 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Churchill Community College a faith school?
- No. Churchill Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Churchill Community College a selective school?
- No. Churchill Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Churchill Community College?
- Churchill Community 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.
- How have Churchill Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 37.6 in 2022/23 and 40.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Churchill Community College rank locally?
- Churchill Community College ranked 12th of 12 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Churchill Community College's absence rate?
- Churchill Community College's overall absence rate is 12.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Churchill Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Churchill Community 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.