Gosforth Academy

Gosforth Academy
Address
Map
Great North Road

Newcastle upon Tyne
,
Tyne & Wear
,
NE3 2JH

England
Coordinates55°00′47″N 1°37′25″W / 55.0131°N 1.6237°W / 55.0131; -1.6237
Information
TypeAcademy
MottoCreate Your Future
Established
  • 1921 (1921)
  • 1973 (as Gosforth High School)
  • 2010 (as Gosforth Academy)
Local authorityNewcastle upon Tyne (391)
SpecialistLanguage College
Department for Education URN136352 Tables
OfstedReports
ChairmanGeorge Snaith [1]
PrincipalPreit Chahal
GenderCoeducational
Age13 to 18[2]
Enrolment2000 (700+ in sixth form) [2][3]
Colour(s)Navy Blue, White.
Junior High AcademyGosforth Junior High Academy
Post-16 CollegeGosforth Academy Sixth Form College
Community CollegeGosforth Community Education College
Websitehttp://www.ga.newcastle.sch.uk/

Gosforth Academy (formerly Gosforth High School) is an English secondary school in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. As well as having a sixth form department it is a specialist Language College. Many of its mainstream students come from three large feeder middle schools: Gosforth Central Middle School, Gosforth East Middle School and Gosforth Junior High Academy.

It also houses a large sixth form college, where the majority of the lower school students continue their studies. There is a Special education centre within the school to aid students who need it. The school houses 'Gosforth Community Education',[4] which provides courses for adults within the local community. The school is also a regional centre for young people with visual impairment.[5][6]

Both Gosforth Academy and Gosforth Junior High Academy are managed under a single company, Gosforth Federated Academies Limited, incorporated 5 November 2010.[7]

  1. ^ "Governors". Gosforth Academy. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Gosforth Academy". EduBase. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Gosforth Academy". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Gosforth Community Education College". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
  5. ^ "SEN placement in mainstream schools". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
  6. ^ "Ofsted list". HelpInSight.org.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2008.
  7. ^ Management Trustees (15 December 2011), Report of the Management Trustees and Financial Statements (PDF), Gosforth Federated Academies Limited, p. 4, retrieved 3 February 2013