Heworth Grange School
High Lanes, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 0PT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CONSILIUM ACADEMIES
- Headteacher
- Mr Scott Danks
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Consilium Academies
- Constituency
- Jarrow and Gateshead East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,361
- Pupils on roll
- 910
- URN
- 145490
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914212244
About this school
Heworth Grange School is a secondary academy in Gateshead. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 910 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Heworth Grange School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 195 | 204 | 229 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.6 | 37.1 | 36.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.95 -1.16 to -0.75 | -0.86 -1.07 to -0.66 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 27.9% | 26.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 52% | 42.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 29% | 12.7% | 6.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
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 Heworth Grange 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 | 38.6 | 35.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 37.1 | 39.3 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.4 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,055 |
| 2023/24 | 1,041 |
| 2024/25 | 993 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Heworth Grange School compares
Heworth Grange School ranked 8th of 8 secondary schools in Gateshead for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.4 | 13.8% | 53% | 910 | — |
| XP Gateshead | — | 8.9% | 38.9% | 245 | 0.6 miles |
| Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead | 53.2 | 6.6% | 24.2% | 1,505 | 1.2 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Academy | 45.5 | 9.3% | 23.4% | 1,377 | 1.4 miles |
| Hebburn Comprehensive School | 44.2 | 10.8% | 49.3% | 857 | 2.1 miles |
| Walker Riverside Academy | 35.5 | 12.1% | 68.1% | 1,101 | 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)
- 52.97%
- English as an additional language
- 15.5%
- Overall absence
- 13.81%
- Persistent absence
- 35.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
XP Gateshead0.6 miles
Secondary · Felling
-
Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead1.2 miles
Secondary · Gateshead
-
St Joseph's Catholic Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Hebburn
-
Hebburn Comprehensive School2.1 miles
Secondary · Hebburn
-
Walker Riverside Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Other schools in Gateshead
- Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead Secondary
- Grace College Secondary
- Kingsmeadow Community 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 Heworth Grange School teach?
- Heworth Grange School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Gateshead.
- Who is the headteacher of Heworth Grange School?
- The headteacher of Heworth Grange School is Mr Scott Danks, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Heworth Grange School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Heworth Grange 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 Heworth Grange School?
- Heworth Grange School has 910 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Heworth Grange School full?
- Heworth Grange School has capacity for 1,361 pupils and 910 on roll (67%), 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 Heworth Grange School a faith school?
- No. Heworth Grange School has no designated religious character.
- Is Heworth Grange School a selective school?
- No. Heworth Grange School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Heworth Grange School part of an academy trust?
- Heworth Grange School is part of CONSILIUM ACADEMIES. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Heworth Grange School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.6 in 2022/23 and 36.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Heworth Grange School compare with other schools in Gateshead?
- Heworth Grange School ranked 8th of 8 secondary schools in Gateshead for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Heworth Grange School's absence rate?
- Heworth Grange School's overall absence rate is 13.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Heworth Grange School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heworth Grange 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 10 July 2026.