Secondary
Kingsmeadow Community School
Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 868 of 975 places
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Sixth form
- Yes
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
36%
42.9
6th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Gateshead we can score - 12 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 |
| Entered the EBacc | 81% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| A level average points per entry | 26.62 |
| A level students | 37 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49% |
| 22/23 | 34% |
| 23/24 | 27% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 29.3 |
| 22/23 | 30.0 |
| 23/24 | 27.6 |
| 24/25 | 26.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.71 |
| 22/23 | -0.41 |
| 23/24 | -0.75 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.7 |
| 22/23 | 42.1 |
| 23/24 | 37.6 |
| 24/25 | 42.9 |
Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Gateshead admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mark Barrett
- Address
- Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead, NE11 9NX
- Telephone
- 01914606004