School Summary

Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy


Boys: 610
Girls: 734
Total Pupils: 1344
Opened: 01-03-2012
Ofsted: Good
Principal: Andrew Fowler
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Birtley Lane
Chester le Street
County Durham
DH3 2LP
Telephone: 01914334026
Website: http://lordlawson.academy/

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AdministrativeWard (name): Birtley
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): County Durham
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Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E08000037
DistrictAdministrative (name): Gateshead
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 427650
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
EstablishmentNumber: 4027
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
EstablishmentTypeGroup (code): 10
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GOR (code): A
GOR (name): North East
GSSLACode (name): E08000037
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Andrew
HeadLastName: Fowler
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Principal
HeadTitle (name): Mr
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LA (code): 390
LA (name): Gateshead
LSOA (code): E01008175
LSOA (name): Gateshead 026D
LastChangedDate: 04-05-2023
Locality: Birtley
MSOA (code): E02001707
MSOA (name): Gateshead 026
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NumberOfBoys: 610
NumberOfGirls: 734
NumberOfPupils: 1344
NurseryProvision (name): Not applicable
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 16-11-2022
OfstedRating (name): Good
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 01-03-2012
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000574
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Blaydon
PercentageFSM: 24.70
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
PhaseOfEducation (name): Secondary
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Postcode: DH3 2LP
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RSCRegion (name): North of England
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 99
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ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 10
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): Academy Converter
ReligiousCharacter (code): 00
ReligiousCharacter (name): Does not apply
ReligiousEthos (name): Does not apply
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SchoolCapacity: 1496
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SchoolWebsite: http://lordlawson.academy/
Section41Approved (name): Not applicable
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 18
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Birtley Lane
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
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TelephoneNum: 01914334026
Town: Chester le Street
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 5
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts (code): 3786
Trusts (name): LORD LAWSON OF BEAMISH ACADEMY
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 34
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Academy converter
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UKPRN: 10036297
UPRN: 10022999028
URN: 137942
UrbanRural (code): A1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"11 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Today students with 100% attendance can go to school in their PE kits and play on an inflatable for a lesson. Students without 100% attendance have to go in their uniform and attend their normal lesson.\n\nI can not believe a school who have just boasted about employing someone to deal with children\u00e2\u0080\u0099s mental health are doing this today! How dare you single children out like this, you should be ashamed.\n\nMy child will not be attending today due to being set apart from the other children because they have to wear their uniform for being sick!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Today students with 100% attendance can go to school in their PE kits and play on an inflatable for a lesson. Students without 100% attendance have to go in their uniform and attend their normal lesson.\n\nI can not believe a school who have just boasted about employing someone to deal with children\u00e2\u0080\u0099s mental health are doing this today! How dare you single children out like this, you should be ashamed.\n\nMy child will not be attending today due to being set apart from the other children because they have to wear their uniform for being sick!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Nicnac83","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/107189542231799764822\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVF_YLUubcQkkbBj_NauY7EpJ_wHaDy6sf-TmQnIottTVTR=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-10-21T05:12:27Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":2,"text":{"text":"I became locked in the elevator! I was yelled at because I was late for my class. despite the fact that the doors would not open. I was also bullied! No one punished the students. It was I who was yelled at! I just smacked this guy because he fell from a wall and shattered his arms. I'd give it one star if it weren't for the chicken sandwiches, which are to die for! However, you may have gotten a three-star rating if they didn't run out so quickly.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I became locked in the elevator! I was yelled at because I was late for my class. despite the fact that the doors would not open. I was also bullied! No one punished the students. It was I who was yelled at! I just smacked this guy because he fell from a wall and shattered his arms. I'd give it one star if it weren't for the chicken sandwiches, which are to die for! However, you may have gotten a three-star rating if they didn't run out so quickly.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"snow man","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/103629177571614009558\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKilBX-LBrtOBEtIFTTRvh5k6p-tL6xDVEo2AMBwbZJ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-08-15T00:22:41Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":3,"text":{"text":"This School Is Kinda Good, But Not even near as good as my Primary School (Barely Mow). Cuz when I first came to this school back in sept 2017, I had mixed Feelings about this school and How it would teach me to become a Professional in the future, and how it would incorporate me to become a better person. Since Getting older and better in this school, I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been taking my lessons quite normally and live a normal life especially when I get to meet some of my best friends in this school, and getting to (and enjoying) the lessons I love and how it would help me in the future. The school dinners are Not enjoyable though hence why I happen to be eating a lunch box. But Anyways, I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m Giving this School 3 stars because it seems Ok, but Bad at the same time.\n- Written By JamiePick Year 10","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This School Is Kinda Good, But Not even near as good as my Primary School (Barely Mow). Cuz when I first came to this school back in sept 2017, I had mixed Feelings about this school and How it would teach me to become a Professional in the future, and how it would incorporate me to become a better person. Since Getting older and better in this school, I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ve been taking my lessons quite normally and live a normal life especially when I get to meet some of my best friends in this school, and getting to (and enjoying) the lessons I love and how it would help me in the future. The school dinners are Not enjoyable though hence why I happen to be eating a lunch box. But Anyways, I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m Giving this School 3 stars because it seems Ok, but Bad at the same time.\n- Written By JamiePick Year 10","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Jamiepokemongoboss 14","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/106185130822063997211\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUjWBnjn6vad5kk1bdqzCXDKSAZeMJ0ep0A9kKTkLvQpW4=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-05-09T00:25:43Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"6 years ago","rating":2,"text":{"text":"Constantly being told how good a student my child was all the way through her academic year and how well she would do in her exams. Then suddenly there was a dramatic dip in her performance in less than 3 months before the exams which resulted in her being marked down drastically.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Constantly being told how good a student my child was all the way through her academic year and how well she would do in her exams. Then suddenly there was a dramatic dip in her performance in less than 3 months before the exams which resulted in her being marked down drastically.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Mark Kitchin","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/115452122987889657689\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjX2EVziAu95uL0FKWZOkc1w40ZAEwHLRTLUzQwahXvngw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba5"},"publishTime":"2017-09-06T14:29:52Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"School is terrible th good thing is the chicken sandwiches but somehow they managed to mess that up by replacing the straps with a crust dusty flat nugget","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"School is terrible th good thing is the chicken sandwiches but somehow they managed to mess that up by replacing the straps with a crust dusty flat nugget","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"NotJoeNoe","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104036603292014342151\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjX3jAlSx4miY9vDEAx0XBiPaAzyo54EOCAwA-rx0La_Wfw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-10-08T10:03:45Z"}]