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Burnside College

Secondary school in Wallsend, North Tyneside. Standards maintained (Nov 2024).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 22 January 2020, report published 10 February 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formOutstanding
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Since then: ungraded inspection

Inspected 27 November 2024, report published 12 January 2025.

Standards maintained

An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.

Next inspection: around November 2028

The last inspection was in November 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby secondary schools

  1. 0.9 milesChurchill Academy

    Secondary, Wallsend, North Tyneside

    Inadequate (Jan 2024) Special measures

  2. 1.4 milesWalker Riverside Academy

    Secondary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne

    No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Sep 2024)

  3. 1.6 milesBenfield School

    Secondary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne

    No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (May 2025)

  4. 1.9 milesHebburn Comprehensive School

    Secondary, Hebburn, South Tyneside

    Report card, Dec 2025: 1 strong, 4 expected, 1 needs attention

  5. 2.0 milesJarrow School

    Secondary, Jarrow, South Tyneside

    Good (Jun 2022)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.