Excelsior Academy

Excelsior Academy at a glance

Located in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Excelsior Academy is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 1,439 pupils aged 3 to 19. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 21.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 33.4, well below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Excelsior Academy ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). At Key Stage 4, 24% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. Overall pupil absence was 12.8%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 73% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Excelsior Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.