Burnside College
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · North Tyneside
St Peter's Road, Wallsend, NE28 7LQ
59
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 22/01/2020
Application demand
99%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.0%
27.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
995
Capacity used
Has space79%
1,266 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
99%
1st preference success rate
177 of 178 families who put it first got an offer
199
Places offered
290
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 178 | 177 | ● 99% |
| 2nd preference | 66 | 14 | ● 21% |
| 3rd preference | 38 | 2 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences | 8 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 290 | 193 | 67% |
1st preference success by year
North Tyneside lets families list 3 preferences. 39 applications came from outside the council area (12 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Daniel Jamieson
- Address
- St Peter's Road, Wallsend, NE28 7LQ
- Phone
- 01912598500
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Ward / constituency
- Wallsend Central · Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 108640
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 40% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 12% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: The North Tyneside Learning Trust
995 pupils · 1,266 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
27 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained - 20
22 January 2020
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 921 pupils
Attendance
91.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
27.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 41.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.46 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 31% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 57% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.72 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.25 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 30.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 57.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 74% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 131 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.78 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 17 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 131 | 14% | 31% | 60% | |
| English Language | 131 | 18% | 50% | 64% | |
| English Literature | 130 | 24% | 60% | 75% | |
| Combined Science | 100 | 1% | 13% | 40% | |
| History | 69 | 13% | 35% | 52% | |
| Geography | 68 | 16% | 35% | 44% | |
| Spanish | 65 | 5% | 18% | 28% | |
| Art and Design | 41 | 37% | 80% | 80% | |
| French | 30 | 10% | 47% | 63% | |
| Physical Education | 30 | 17% | 47% | 57% | |
| Biology | 29 | 34% | 93% | 100% | |
| Physics | 29 | 31% | 93% | 97% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | 10 | 0% | 0% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 6 | 0% | 0% | 100% | |
| Mathematics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Language | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Biology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Psychology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Religious Studies | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Textiles | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12446: Burnside Business and Enterprise College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 49% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 51% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through North Tyneside council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.