North Shore Academy
Talbot Street, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2AY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Rob Byrne
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Northern Education Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Stockton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 850
- URN
- 136146
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01642612381
About this school
North Shore Academy is a secondary academy in Stockton-on-Tees. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 850 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
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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 132 | 124 | 122 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.1 | 44.8 | 48.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.07 -0.18 to +0.32 | +0.07 -0.19 to +0.33 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 51% | 43.5% | 48.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 64.5% | 68.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 48% | 43.5% | 45.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
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 North Shore Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Stockton-on-Tees average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.1 | 36.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.8 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.2 | 37.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 734 |
| 2023/24 | 764 |
| 2024/25 | 816 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How North Shore Academy compares
North Shore Academy ranked 5th of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 70% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.2 | 10.7% | 60.2% | 850 | — |
| The Grangefield Academy | 45.3 | 9.5% | 48.3% | 1,004 | 1.5 miles |
| Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy | 43.3 | 9.4% | 24.9% | 1,005 | 1.6 miles |
| Macmillan Academy | 47.8 | 9% | 46.6% | 1,586 | 1.9 miles |
| Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy | 45.6 | 8.4% | 20.6% | 1,156 | 2.0 miles |
| Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth | 31.1 | 14.4% | 58.6% | 580 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 January 2026
- 7 July 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 60.17%
- English as an additional language
- 10.7%
- Overall absence
- 10.73%
- Persistent absence
- 31.83%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Grangefield Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Macmillan Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Middlesbrough
-
Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth2.3 miles
Secondary · Stockton-on-Tees
Other schools in Stockton-on-Tees
North Shore Academy ranks 5th of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees.
- All Saints Church of England Academy Secondary
- Egglescliffe School Secondary
- Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy Secondary
- Ingleby Manor Free School Secondary
- Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy Secondary
- Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth Secondary
- Sedgefield Community College Secondary
- St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Secondary
- The Grangefield Academy Secondary
- Thornaby Academy Secondary
- Bader Primary School Primary
- Barley Fields Primary Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does North Shore Academy teach?
- North Shore Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Who is the principal of North Shore Academy?
- The principal of North Shore Academy is Mr Rob Byrne, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was North Shore Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected North Shore Academy, 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 North Shore Academy?
- North Shore Academy has 850 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is North Shore Academy full?
- North Shore Academy has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 850 on roll (81%), 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 North Shore Academy a faith school?
- No. North Shore Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is North Shore Academy a selective school?
- No. North Shore Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs North Shore Academy?
- North Shore Academy is part of NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does North Shore Academy have?
- The schools register lists North Shore Academy's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have North Shore Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.1 in 2022/23 and 48.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does North Shore Academy rank locally?
- North Shore Academy ranked 5th of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 70% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is North Shore Academy's absence rate?
- North Shore Academy's overall absence rate is 10.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are North Shore Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, North Shore Academy'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 7 July 2026.