XP Gateshead

This week we began inducting our new XP Gateshead staff into the XP Trust.

As you know, the first day for students at XPG is to get on a bus and carry out an outward bound expedition to discover what it means to be crew through the power of a shared adventure.

So for our staff, their first day of school is to get on a bus… and you know the rest!

On Monday and Tuesday our XP Gateshead staff crew joined with colleagues in Doncaster to navigate a walk in the wilderness, carried out a an introspective solo, abseiled from a bridge 25m up and used bushcraft skills to cook up some food on an open fire.

These experiences are so important to our staff crew, not just in building bonds between us, but in helping us to prepare for leading crews of your children through their first outward bound expedition and establishing the strong culture for the years to come.

I have been privileged to be in involved in, and at times lead the staff induction for the last six years. It is safe to say that your sons and daughters are going to be in safe hands.

I’d like to thank all of our colleagues in Doncaster for being so welcoming, but especially our new XPG staff crew who have each faced and conquered personal challenges over the last couple of days. It’s hard to believe that we got on that bus on Monday morning – it feels like we’ve been together for years already.

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We are delighted to confirm that we now have our 50 students that have accepted their place at XP Gateshead.

This means we can now press ahead with our transition arrangements.

We will be in contact with successful families later this week with more details.

In due course we will also contact the families that were not successful, but again would like to express our gratitude for the support we have received from the whole community of Gateshead from the very beginning of our application.

Today we also received notification of our pre-registration inspection from Ofsted which will happen on Wednesday 16th June.

This is another important step towards the funding agreement being signed, which we anticipate will happen before the end of the month.

We’re so excited to begin working with our 50 students and families.

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This morning we took the most exciting step in our journey as a school so far, and began contacting families to offer them places for Year 7 in 2021.

If you have been successful in your application you will have received an email from us this morning. We are contacting parents by phone today too to confirm these offers.

If you have not received an email, this means that – at the moment – your application has not been successful.

However, it may be the case that some families decline their offer. If this does happen we will use our randomly ordered list to make new offers. We will do this as soon as we possibly can, if a family does decline their offer.

When we have confirmed that 50 places have been accepted we will update our website again.

The admissions deadline has now passed. Any applications received after midday today, Thursday 20th May 2021, are late applications.

Tomorrow morning we will begin to contact families that have been successful in their application for Year in 2021.

Our consultation period has now ended and our admissions policy has been approved by our directors. This can be found here.

We are delighted to now be able to announce that:

The deadline for admissions applications for XP Gateshead will be Thursday 20th May 2021 at midday.

We will begin contacting families that have been successful in their application on Friday 21st May 2021.

You can apply for a place at XP Gateshead for your son or daughter here.

IMPORTANT: If you have previously filled in an expression of interest and wish to proceed with your application, there is nothing that you need to do. We will take the relevant details from your expression of interest forwards to become a formal application. You should have received an email from us. If you are concerned that you have filled in the expression of interest, but have not received an email, please contact: [email protected]

You can watch our consultation event for families from Tue 4th May here:

EVENT 2: Families of children in Year 5 and Year 6

This event will take place live on Youtube. You will be able to ask questions through the chat function throughout the evening. To register your interest in joining this family event, please complete this Google Form. There is also an opportunity to provide questions in advance on the Google Form.

This event will be specifically of interest for parents that are interested in a place at XP Gateshead for their son or daughter. During this event we will be able to give further details of our timeline for admissions and when we will offer place to your children for Year 7 in 2021.

To join the event at 6.00pm – 6.45pm on Tuesday 4th May please click here .

EVENT 1: Wider stakeholders (i.e. local residents, educators, business leaders etc.)

To register your interest in joining this wider stakeholder event, please complete this Google Form. There is an opportunity to provide questions in advance on the Google Form.

To join the event at 4.30pm – 5.15pm on Tuesday 4th May please click on this link.

This event will take place in Google Meet. As we are an education establishment, as a safeguard, you must log in using a Google account to access our Google Meets. If you would like any assistance in setting up a Google account please email [email protected] .

XP Gateshead is a new, mainstream secondary school opening in August 2021. We will begin with 50 students, 4 teachers and 3 Learning Coaches. 

We are recruiting a learning coach to help us start a school – a genuine once in a lifetime opportunity.

We are particularly interested in Learning Coach applicants with experience of classroom support in a primary or secondary setting.

For more information about the role and how to apply, click here.

We are delighted to be able to announce more details of our online consultation events. These are an opportunity for us to update you on our progress towards opening, and for you to ask questions of us before the consultation closes.

Both consultation events will take place online on Tuesday 4th May.

At 4.30pm – 5.15pm on Tuesday 4th May we will host an event for wider stakeholders and interested parties such as local residents, educators, business leaders etc. To register your interest in joining this wider stakeholder event, please complete this Google Form. There is an opportunity to provide questions in advance on the Google Form.

At 6.00pm – 6.45pm on Tuesday 4th May we will host an event for families This event will be specifically of interest for parents that are interested in a place at XP Gateshead for their son or daughter. During this event we will be able to give further details of our timeline for admissions and when we will offer place to your children for Year 7 in 2021. To register your interest in joining this family event, please complete this Google Form. There is an opportunity to provide questions in advance on the Google Form.

Links to join these events will be sent out in advance of the 4th of May.

In the meantime, there are more details of our school, and an opportunity for you to show your support on our consultation page.