Kingsmeadow Community School
State · Year 7–Year 13 · 868 pupils
Whickham School
Burnthouse Lane, Whickham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE16 5AR
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,690
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 1,713
Local authority
Gateshead
Whickham School and Sports College
Schola Grade 7
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Whickham School
Whickham School is a secondary academy in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of Whickham School and Sports College.
It has 1,690 pupils on roll and room for 1,713. It has a sixth form. Its Schola Grade is 7 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,690
- Capacity
- 1,713 pupils
- Free school meals
- 21.30% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Whickham School and Sports College
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 137360
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