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Callerton Academy

Bedeburn Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 4JQ

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THE GOSFORTH FEDERATED ACADEMIES LIMITED is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)87.3%
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityBelow published capacity
Pupils684

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 6 Mar 2024.

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NE5. Where we have them, council (Newcastle upon Tyne) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
684
Free school meals
58.9%
7.2% above district average (51.7%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 42.1% · England 25.8%

SEN
22.1%
6.5% below district average (28.6%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 17.5% · England 16.5%

EAL
20.9%
4.3% above district average (16.6%)
Attendance
87.3% Autumn and spring 2024/25
6.1% below district average (93.4%)

Also: Newcastle upon Tyne 90.6% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NE5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

35.1%

13.2% above England (21.9%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 91.7%
    2021/22
  • 90.4%
    2022/23
  • 88.8%
    2023/24
  • 87.3%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 233 families put this school first. 213 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
233
First-preference offers
213
First preferences offered a place
91.4%
Total offers
240
Named on any preference
686

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Below published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1200
Pupils on roll
684

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Newcastle upon Tyne page.

SEN support

SEN %
22.1%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Callerton Academy

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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