Mary Astell Academy
Mary Astell Academy is an academy alternative provision sponsor led in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 37 pupils and room for 280. About 92 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2024, no overall grade.
Linhope Road, West Denton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW0191 267 4447maryastellacademy.co.ukMrs Andrea Spowart headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 24 September 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Newcastle upon Tyne council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (27), Moderate learning difficulty (3), language and communications needs (2), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 37 | 32 | 67 | 64 | 48 | 53 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 92% | 97% | 81% | 52% | 65% | 72% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 14% | 9% | 6% | 2% | 8% | 4% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 81% | 61% | 67% | 65% | 83% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 16% | 18% | 14% | 19% | 11% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 14 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 27%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 36% | 39% | 19% |
| Education | 29% | 39% | 16% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 7% | 0% | 3% |
| Not in education, work or training | 36% | 39% | 43% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Bewick School | Academy | 0 m | 383 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Beech Hill Primary School | Academy | 100 m | 441 | Good 2023 | 63 | Compare |
| Studio West | Studio schools | 340 m | 496 | No overall grade 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| Farne Primary School | Academy | 760 m | 239 | Good 2024 | 61 | Compare |
| Westerhope Primary School | Academy | 890 m | 426 | Not inspected | 74 | Compare |
| St Mark's Catholic Primary School, Westerhope | Academy | 910 m | 223 | Good 2024 | 62 | Compare |
| West Denton Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 316 | Good 2023 | 20 | Compare |
| St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, West Denton | Academy | 0.7 miles | 426 | Good 2024 | 78 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Mary Astell Academy a good school?
Mary Astell Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in September 2024.
What is Mary Astell Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Mary Astell Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 24 September 2024.
How many pupils does Mary Astell Academy have?
37 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 280 places, so it is 13% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Linhope Road, West Denton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE5 2LW
- Telephone
- 0191 267 4447
- Website
- www.maryastellacademy.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea Spowart
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision sponsor led (Academy alternative provision sponsor led, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Prosper Learning Trust (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Ward
- Denton & Westerhope
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 2018 (new provision)
- URN
- 144358 · LAESTAB 3911106 · UKPRN 10066059
- Formerly
- Linhope PRU
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.