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Mary Astell Academy

Alternative provision school · Academy alternative provision sponsor led · ages 5 to 16 · Mixed

Linhope Road, West Denton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW

  • Pupils37
  • Ages5 to 16
  • Latest Ofsted24 Sep 2024
  • FundingState-funded
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Ofsted inspections

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Graded inspection (no overall grade) · 24 Sep 2024

No overall grade: from September 2024 to November 2025 Ofsted gave sub-grades only (recorded as “Not judged”).

  • Quality of educationRequires improvement
  • Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
  • Personal developmentGood
  • Leadership and managementGood
  • Safeguarding is effectiveYes

Grades run from Outstanding to Inadequate (four steps, left to right).

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · report published 14 Nov 2024

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Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at 30 September 2026). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.

Results

No results for this school are in the performance tables we use. Results are published for schools with pupils at the end of Year 6, Year 11 or 16 to 18 study, and figures are hidden when very few pupils are involved.

Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.

Pupils and attendance

Pupils
37 (capacity 280)
14 girls, 23 boys
Eligible for free school meals
91.9% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)

Pupils with SEN support

Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.

2024/25

This school
81.3%

Pupils with an EHC plan

An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.

2024/25

This school
15.6%

Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years

2024/25

This school
100%

First language not English

This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.

2024/25

This school
9.4%

Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.

About the school

Type
Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academies)
Trust
PROSPER LEARNING TRUST
Sponsor
Prosper Learning Trust
Boys, girls or mixed
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Opened
1 January 2018
Local authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Parliamentary constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
URN
144358 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)

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Admissions

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