Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School

Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School is a mixed, non-denominational community secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18. The school is operated by Gateshead Council, and has about 950 pupils. It is located in Dunston in the north east of England.

Head Teacher

Mr Domenic Volpe

Values and vision

At Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School pride is taken in ensuring that every aspect of the school’s work and development is focused around the school aims of inspiring minds, opening hearts and transforming lives.  The aim is that all members of the community will be the best that they can be by challenging them to achieve their full potential.

The school aims to understand the aspirations and needs of all its pupils. It aspires to help all students realise their dreams and promotes opportunities to nurture moral, social, spiritual and cultural education.   Kingsmeadow aims to celebrate success at every opportunity, and aspires to be thorough, rigorous and encouraging when preparing pupils for their future.  The school promotes a digitally inclusive school.

The school body works hard to maintain developments and is constantly seeking challenges to develop practice through collaboration with other like minded schools and groups.  The aim is to constantly seek to innovate and improve the offer for students and the local community. While academic success is important, the commitment to the Kingsmeadow CHARACTER curriculum and the focus on PBL ensures a platform for developing well equipped, well rounded, knowledgeable citizens of the world community.

Ofsted

"Teachers teach about the importance of respect, integrity, compassion, courage, pride and quality. They set a good example and pupils conduct themselves maturely."
"The school is inclusive. There is an LGBT group which gives pupils a voice."
"Changes in the curriculum mean that more pupils now study a more academic diet. They apply themselves well in lessons. They work calmly and studiously."
"Lessons in the sixth form challenge students’ thinking."
"Leaders and governors have a clear vision for the role of education in their community. They are determined to raise aspirations, improve academic achievement and foster pupils’ character."

View Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School’s latest Ofsted report