Grace College

State-Funded School

grace-college-gateshead-north-east

North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Gateshead Central and WhickhamConstituency

NE9 6LEPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Grace College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Gateshead, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,125 pupils. Grace College is part of Emmanuel Schools Foundation.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 42.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 41%
EBacc average point score: 4

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

1,125

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

41%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 1,125
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Emmanuel Schools Foundation

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
26 Sept 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
6 Jul 2018	Inadequate	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.