Jarrow School is a state-maintained secondary school in Jarrow, United Kingdom with 844 pupils. Ofsted: Good, inspected 14 June 2022. As of 12 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: English Teacher Maternity (closes 20 November) and Business Manager (closes 23 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Paul Atkinson, Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Secondary
Pupils
844 pupils · 48% girls · 44.9% eligible for free school meals · 2.1% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
211 (25.0%) on SEN support · 60 (7.1%) with an education, health and care plan · has a SEN unit · has resourced provision DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
NVQ4 or Degree or equivalent qualification in relevant discipline Substantial experience of strategic and operational finance Experience of leading a team Substantial experience…
Relevant degree (or equivalent)Qualified Teacher Status Has demonstrated successful and effective teaching at KS3 and KS4Ability to teach students of all abilities in KS3 and…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
41.7
35.0%
2024/25
42.6
35.9%
2023/24
42.8
31.3%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
53.4
15.8
–
2
£50,763
2024/25
51.2
16.3
5%
1
£49,461
2023/24
53.1
15.9
9%
0
£47,456
2022/23
53.0
15.7
4%
0
£44,537
2021/22
53.4
15.1
6%
0
£44,250
2020/21
49.7
16.3
4%
0
£43,750
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
53.0
15.1
15%
0
£41,813
2018/19
52.0
14.9
17%
0
£42,593
2017/18
50.0
14.3
4%
0
£42,059
2016/17
47.0
14.1
6%
1
£42,845
2015/16
48.8
13.0
16%
0
£41,480
2014/15
46.0
13.2
4%
0
£40,740
2013/14
45.4
13.0
7%
0
£40,386
2012/13
44.2
13.1
9%
0
£41,898
2011/12
47.0
12.8
13%
0
£38,692
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
10.8%
2.8%
28.6%
5.9%
2024/25
11.0%
2.9%
27.8%
6.0%
2023/24
11.5%
2.7%
33.3%
6.4%
2022/23
9.8%
1.8%
25.7%
4.6%
2021/22
10.7%
2.0%
33.5%
3.9%
2020/21
4.8%
0.8%
13.6%
1.2%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
6.4%
1.2%
17.1%
1.1%
2017/18
5.9%
0.9%
16.8%
1.6%
2016/17
6.6%
0.9%
18.4%
2.5%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
7 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 6 teaching, 1 support. Most often advertised: Design Technology Teacher (2), Head of Year Term Time Only, Higher Level Teaching Assistant. Last advertised September 2026.
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Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.