Secondary · DH3 · Gateshead

Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy

Birtley Lane, Birtley, Chester le Street, DH3 2LP

LORD LAWSON OF BEAMISH ACADEMY is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance95.1%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.28
AdmissionsUsually oversubscribed
Pupils1334

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (Feb 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and post-16 provision expected standard; attendance and behaviour strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (11 Jun 2019).

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

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

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in DH3. Where we have them, council (Gateshead) 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
1334
Free school meals
31.6%
7.5% above district average (24.1%)

Also: Gateshead 28.1% · England 25.8%

SEN
15.8%
1.7% below district average (17.5%)

Also: Gateshead 15.1% · England 16.5%

EAL
8.2%
2.4% below district average (10.6%)
Attendance
95.1%
0.9% below district average (96%)

Also: Gateshead 91% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
13.2%
Progress 8
-0.28 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
46.6
Grade 5+ English & maths
49.4%
Grade 4+ English & maths
71.7%
Entered for EBacc
8.4%
EBacc average point score
3.72

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the DH3 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2194.6%
  • 2021/2288.8%
  • 2022/2390.5%
  • 2023/2490.6%
  • 2024/2592.2%

Admissions

Demand signal
Usually oversubscribed
Published capacity (GIAS)
1497
Pupils on roll
1334

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Gateshead page.

SEN support

SEN %
15.8%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

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

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 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.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates