Benfield School
Academy converter · 819 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.5
Foundation special school
Sir Charles Parsons School
- Pupils on roll
- 214of 210 places
- Free school meals
- 77.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 39
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 10 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 28 pupils who finished Year 11 at Sir Charles Parsons School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Sir Charles Parsons School’s own sixth form (Newcastle upon Tyne average 39%), 36% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Newcastle upon Tyne and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Sir Charles Parsons School | Newcastle upon Tyne | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 28 | 2,784 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 86% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 96% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| — further education college | 36% | 39% | 37% |
| — other education | 61% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 9% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 5% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Newcastle upon Tyne
Excelsior Academy
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75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.4
Gosforth Academy
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.4
Jesmond Park Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 2,092 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.4
Kenton School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,589 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.7
North East Futures UTC
University technical college · sixth form · 314 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 35.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.