List of North East Schools
This document outlines the academic and social criteria you need to meet depending on your current secondary school in order to be eligible to apply.
For APP City/Employer Insights: If your school has ‘FSM’ in the Social Criteria column, then you must have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point during your secondary schooling. If your school has ‘FSM or FG’ in the Social Criteria column, then you must have been eligible for Free School Meals at any point during your secondary schooling or be among the first generation in your family to attend university.
For APP Reach: Applicants need to have achieved at least 5 9-5 (A*-C) GCSES and be eligible for free school meals OR first generation to university (regardless of school attended)
Exceptions for the academic and social criteria can be made on a case-by-case basis for children in care or those with extenuating circumstances. Please refer to socialmobility.org.uk/criteria-programmes for more details.
If your school is not on the list below, or you believe it has been wrongly categorised, or you have any other questions please contact the Social Mobility Foundation via telephone on 0207 183 1189 between 9am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday.
School or College Name Local Authority Academic Criteria Social Criteria Acklam Grange School Middlesbrough 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG All Saints Academy Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Ashington Academy Northumberland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Astley Community High School Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Bede Academy Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Bedlington Academy Northumberland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Belmont Community School County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Benfield School Newcastle Upon Tyne 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Berwick Academy Northumberland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG
Biddick Academy Sunderland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Bishop Auckland College County Durham Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Bishop Barrington School A Sports with County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Mathematics College Boldon School South Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Burnside College North Tyneside 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Cardinal Hume Catholic School Gateshead 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Carmel College Darlington 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Castle View Enterprise Academy Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Churchill Community College North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Consett Academy County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Conyers School Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Cramlington Learning Village Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Darlington College Darlington Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Dene Community School County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Derwentside College County Durham Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Durham Community Business College for County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Technology and Enterprise Durham Johnston Comprehensive School County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Durham Sixth Form Centre County Durham Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Dyke House Sports and Technology College Hartlepool 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Easington Academy County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG East Durham College County Durham Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Egglescliffe School Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Emmanuel College Gateshead 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Excelsior Academy Newcastle Upon Tyne 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Farringdon Community Academy Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG
Ferryhill Business Enterprise College County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Framwellgate School Durham County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Freebrough Academy Redcar and Cleveland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Fyndoune Community College County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Gateshead College Gateshead Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. George Stephenson High School North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Gosforth Academy Newcastle Upon Tyne 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Grace College Gateshead 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Greenfield Community College, A Specialist Arts County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG and Science School Grindon Hall Christian School Sunderland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Hartlepool College of Further Education Hartlepool Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Hartlepool Sixth Form College Hartlepool Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Harton Academy South Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Haughton Academy Darlington 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Haydon Bridge Community High School and Northumberland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM Sports College Hebburn Comprehensive School South Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Hetton School Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Heworth Grange School Gateshead 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG High Tunstall College of Science Hartlepool 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Hillsview Academy Redcar and Cleveland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Hummersknott Academy Darlington 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Huntcliff School Redcar and Cleveland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Hurworth School Darlington 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Ingleby Manor Free School & Sixth Form Stockton-On-Tees 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG James Calvert Spence College Northumberland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Jarrow School South Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG
Jesmond Park Academy Newcastle Upon Tyne 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG John Spence Community High School North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Kenton School Newcastle Upon Tyne 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Kepier Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG King James I Academy Bishop Auckland County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Kings Priory School North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School Gateshead 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Laurence Jackson School Redcar and Cleveland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Longbenton High School North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Longfield Academy Darlington 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy Gateshead 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Macmillan Academy Middlesbrough 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Manor Community Academy Hartlepool 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Marden High School North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Middlesbrough College Middlesbrough Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Monkseaton High School North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Monkwearmouth Academy Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Mortimer Community College South Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG NCEA Duke's Secondary School Northumberland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG NCG Newcastle Upon Tyne Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. New College Durham County Durham Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Newcastle College Newcastle Upon Tyne Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Newcastle Sixth Form College Newcastle Upon Tyne Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Norham High School North Tyneside 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG North Durham Academy County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG North East Futures UTC Newcastle Upon Tyne 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG North Gosforth Academy North Tyneside 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG
North Shore Academy Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Northfield School and Sports College Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Northumberland College Northumberland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Nunthorpe Academy Redcar and Cleveland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Outwood Academy Acklam Middlesbrough 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth Stockton-On-Tees 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Outwood Academy Bydales Redcar and Cleveland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Outwood Academy Redcar Redcar and Cleveland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Oxclose Community Academy Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Park View School County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Parkside Academy County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Polam Hall School Darlington 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM Ponteland High School Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College Redcar and Cleveland Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Prudhoe Community High School Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Queen Alexandra Sixth Form College North Tyneside Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Queen Elizabeth High School Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College Darlington Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Red House Academy Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Rye Hills Academy Redcar and Cleveland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Sacred Heart Catholic High School Newcastle Upon Tyne 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Sandhill View Academy Sunderland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Seaham High School County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Sedgefield Community College County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG South Shields School South Tyneside 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Southmoor Academy Sunderland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG SRC Bede Sixth Form College Stockton-On-Tees Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school.
St Aidan's Catholic Academy Sunderland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Aidan's Church of England Academy Darlington 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy Sunderland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Byron College St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Sixth Form College, Lanchester St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Cuthbert's High School Newcastle Upon Tyne 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG St Hild's Church of England Voluntary Aided Hartlepool 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG School St Joseph's Catholic Academy South Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Leonard's Catholic School County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Mary's Catholic School Newcastle Upon Tyne 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Michael's Catholic Academy Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG St Robert of Newminster Roman Catholic School Sunderland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Thomas More Catholic School Gateshead 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Thomas More Roman Catholic Academy North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM St Wilfrid's RC College South Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Staindrop Academy County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM Stockton Riverside College Stockton-On-Tees Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Studio West Newcastle Upon Tyne 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Sunderland College Sunderland Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Tanfield School, Specialist College of Science and County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Engineering The Academy at Shotton Hall County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG The Blyth Academy Northumberland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG The Duchess's Community High School Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM The English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College Hartlepool 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG The Grangefield Academy Stockton-On-Tees 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG
The Hermitage Academy County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG The King Edward VI Academy Northumberland 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM The King's Academy Middlesbrough 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG The Northern School of Art Middlesbrough Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Thomas Hepburn Community Academy Gateshead 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Thornhill Academy Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Thorp Academy Gateshead 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Trinity Catholic College Middlesbrough 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Trinity Solutions Academy Newcastle Upon Tyne Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Tyne Coast College South Tyneside Please check your Please check your secondary school. secondary school. Unity City Academy Middlesbrough 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG UTC South Durham County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Walbottle Campus Newcastle Upon Tyne 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Walker Riverside Academy Newcastle Upon Tyne 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Washington Academy Sunderland 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Wellfield School County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Whickham School Gateshead 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Whitburn Church of England Academy South Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Whitley Bay High School North Tyneside 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM Whitworth Park Academy County Durham 4 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Wolsingham School County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG Woodham Academy County Durham 5 7s or As at GCSE FSM or FG