Excelsior Academy

Excelsior Academy opened in 2008 and has since become Newcastle’s most improved secondary school, consistently judged as good by Ofsted. With a unique and innovative approach to learning and teaching centred around the individual strengths, interests and needs of each pupil, our schools within a school model enables us to provide all our pupils with greater attention and care, and this shows in our academic results, particularly in terms of pupil progress.

Excelsior was also the first All Through School in Newcastle, offering education to pupils from 3 to 19 years of age. Our Rainbird Primary pupils have access to the same high quality teaching, exceptional facilities and fabulous resources, as enjoyed by pupils in the three Secondary schools – Collingwood, Hadrian and Milburn, and Excelsior College Sixth Form. Each of our schools has their own purpose built accommodation and is led by their own Principal with their own dedicated teaching, welfare and support staff teams. Our schools within a school model promotes an ethos of competitive collaboration, which in turn has led to year on year improvements in terms of examination results and positive pupil outcomes.

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