Bahr Academy

Ofsted inspection

Ofsted rated this school Requires improvement at the inspection that started on 8 July 2025.

This inspection used Ofsted's older format with four grades: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement and Inadequate. Newer inspections use report cards. What changed.

At its last standard inspection the school met all of the independent school standards, the legal requirements every independent school must meet.

Read the full Ofsted reports for this school

Source: Ofsted non-association independent schools inspection data.

Results

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Admissions

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Pupils, staff and SEND

Comparisons are with secondary schools. Scales run from lower (left) to higher (right) figures. For absence and suspensions lower is better, so their scales run green to red; blue scales describe the school's pupils and staff and aren't good or bad. * Calculated by SchoolScores from the council's or England's schools, weighted by pupils (or teachers, for turnover); other figures are published by DfE. Sources: DfE school census 2024/25.

Nearby secondary schools

• Trinity Solutions Academy 0.8 miles · Ofsted: Not yet inspected
• Dame Allan's Schools 0.9 miles · Independent, inspected by ISI · 49% A*/A at A level
• North East Futures UTC 1.0 miles · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 34% grade 5+ English and maths
• Sacred Heart Catholic High School 1.1 miles · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 54% grade 5+ English and maths
• St Cuthbert's High School 1.5 miles · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 52% grade 5+ English and maths
• Kingsmeadow Community School 1.5 miles · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 expected, 1 needs attention · 36% grade 5+ English and maths
• Royal Grammar School 1.5 miles · Independent, inspected by ISI · 63% A*/A at A level
• Newcastle High School for Girls GDST 1.7 miles · Independent, inspected by ISI · 37% A*/A at A level
• Gateshead Jewish Boarding School 1.7 miles · Independent · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2025)
• The Gateshead Cheder Primary School 1.9 miles · Independent · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024)

Straight-line distance. Distance isn't the same as a catchment area.

Questions parents ask

Sources

• School details: Get Information about Schools (DfE), 26 September 2026. URN 136258.
• Inspections: Ofsted non-association independent schools management information, data to 31 July 2026.

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