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Schools in Gateshead
This page shows schools and colleges ranked on the basis of their pupils' performance in A-level, AS-level and Key Skills exams.

The results are the average points achieved per student. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click the name of an institution for a page detailing its performance.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on VA for value added scores or GCSE to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Emmanuel College 95 78 1035.2 280
Lord Lawson of Beamish Community School 75 37 996 266.7
St Thomas More Catholic School 98 71 1037.5 256.2
Heworth Grange Comprehensive School 48 35 973.7 247.2
Whickham School 69 53 1002.8 243.8
Ryton Comprehensive School 59 51 971.2 204.6
Joseph Swan School 63 38 1006.6 194.5
St Edmund Campion Roman Catholic School 51 37 968.6 187.4
Hookergate School 34 21 953.2 182.6
Gateshead College NA NA NA 78.1
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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