XP Gateshead, Felling — School Nest

Overview

XP Gateshead is a state-funded school (free schools) in Felling, North East, for pupils aged 11–16. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type: Free schools
Establishment group: Free Schools
Phase of education: Secondary
Age range: Ages 11–16
Gender of entry: Mixed
Boarding: No boarders
Sixth form: No
School capacity: 250
Pupils on roll: 245
URN: 148617

Admissions

Admissions policy: Non-selective
Local authority: Gateshead
Academy trust or group: XP SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED

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School places

DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)

Capacity at survey date: 250
Pupils on roll: 197
Unfilled places at survey date: 53

A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data

Official admissions data

Applications & demand

Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.

2026/27 admissions · Year 7

First preferences: 95
Total preferences: 297
Offers made: 50

First preferences compared with offers

1.9 first preferences per offer

95 first preferences and 50 offers were recorded for 2026/27.

What does this mean?

This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.

First preferences over time

Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.

Admissions history

Admissions year	First preferences	Total preferences	Offers made
2026/27	95	297	50
2025/26	112	278	49
2024/25	136	376	48
2023/24	149	401	48
2022/23	115	330	48

Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 15 October 2024 · Published 26 November 2024

Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)

Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good
Safeguarding was effective: Yes

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Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

Location

Address: Swards Road, Felling, NE10 9UZ
Local authority: Gateshead
Area: Schools in Gateshead

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