Churchill Academy
Secondary school in Wallsend, North Tyneside. Inadequate (Jan 2024). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 30 January 2024, report published 26 March 2024, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Churchill Community College (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Churchill Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Sixth form | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
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.
Next inspection: around January 2028
The last inspection was in January 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 2029 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 0.9 milesBurnside College
Standards maintained (Nov 2024)
- 1.4 milesNorham High School
Good (Mar 2022)
- 1.5 milesSt Thomas More Catholic High School
Good (May 2023)
- 2.3 milesWalker Riverside Academy
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (Sep 2024)
- 2.3 milesBenfield School
No overall grade. Quality of education requires improvement (May 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.