Harton Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear. The school has 1,672 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 6 February 2024). Last inspected 6 February 2024. The Executive Head Teacher is Jon Skurr. The school is administered by South Tyneside local authority. It belongs to THE ILLUMINARE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. It opened in 1 September 2017.
Applications for places at Harton Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (South Tyneside). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
42.6
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.48
Progress 8 · 2023-24
38%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
59%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.91
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
49%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.