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Emmanuel College

Consett Road, Lobley Hill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE11 0AN ·

Ofsted:Outstanding in all areas· 2024

At a glance

An independent secondary school for ages 11–18 in Gateshead. Ofsted inspection (October 2024): Outstanding in all areas (no overall grade was given). Results aren't compared with the England average for independent schools, as many take qualifications the DfE's measures don't count. 0 families put it first for 2 places (September 2026 entry).

Ages: 11–18
Pupils: 1,564
Gender: Mixed
Sixth form: Yes
Admissions: Non-selective
Local authority: Gateshead
Headteacher: Mr Nathanael Ogborn
Opened: Apr 1991

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Inspection

Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)

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Graded inspection 15 Oct 2024

Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.

Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding
Sixth form: Outstanding

Safeguarding effective: Yes

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Exam results

Department for Education performance tables

GCSE results, 2024/25 · 241 pupils

Attainment 8

60.1

England 46.1

Grade 5+ Eng & maths

74.3%

England 45.4%

Grade 4+ Eng & maths

88.4%

England 64.8%

Progress 8

+0.61

2023/24 · CI 0.43 to 0.8

This school

60.1

Gateshead

England

46.1

Attainment 8 over time

Many independent schools take qualifications (such as IGCSEs) that don't count in DfE performance measures, so these figures can significantly understate their results. Ask the school for its own results.

Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.

Admissions

Demand for places and how places are allocated

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Year 7 entry, September 2026 (national offer day data)

Offers made

1st preferences

All applications

1st prefs per place

0.00

Fewer first choices than places

Catchment area

We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.

Last distance offered

Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.

How places are allocated: you apply through your home council. When a school has more applicants than places, it applies its published oversubscription criteria in order. These usually start with looked-after children, then siblings, then catchment or distance; faith schools may prioritise church attendance. Children with an EHC plan naming the school are admitted first. Apply on GOV.UK

Pupils

School census 2024/25

Pupils

1,543

Capacity

1,450

108% full

Girls / boys

50/50

Mixed

Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)24.4%
English as an additional language22.9%
SEN support13.3%
Education, Health and Care plan0.8%
The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.