Excelsior Academy
All-through schoolExcelsior Academy is a all-through school in Newcastle upon Tyne, for pupils aged 3 to 19. It had 1,339 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 55% of pupils at Excelsior Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Newcastle upon Tyne and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Excelsior Academy was 34.4, against 43.8 in Newcastle upon Tyne and 46.2 in England.
27.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Newcastle upon Tyne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Newcastle upon Tyne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 34.4 | 43.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27.5% | 45.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45.5% | 61.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 222 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, NewcastlePrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- Broadwood Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 2023. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Waverley Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- St George's Catholic Primary School, Bells ClosePrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- St Cuthbert's High SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 46.9 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- Bridgewater Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newcastle upon Tyne
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).