Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
School or sixth form · Chester Le Street · North East
- Courses for school leavers
- 26
- Subject areas covered
- 14
- Courses listed in total
- 26
What Ofsted found
Find the report on OfstedPost-16 provision:Expected standard2025
Inspected on 2 December 2025 under the framework introduced in November 2025, which grades separate areas and gives no overall grade.
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Before that, their overall effectiveness was Good when they were inspected on 15 November 2022. That grade is from the older framework, so it is not directly comparable with the grades above.
Published by Ofsted and reused under the Open Government Licence. We show these judgements but never rank or order colleges by them: a grade from one framework cannot be set against a grade from another.
What they cover, and at what level
A filled cell means at least one course. Gaps matter: if you want Level 3 in a subject they only teach at Level 2, you would need to go elsewhere later.
| Subject | Level 2 | Level 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Art and design | Not offered | Offered |
| Business and enterprise | Not offered | Offered |
| Computing and IT | Not offered | Offered |
| Drama and dance | Not offered | Offered |
| English | Offered | Offered |
| Health and social care | Not offered | Offered |
| History and humanities | Not offered | Offered |
| Languages | Not offered | Offered |
| Maths | Offered | Offered |
| Media and film | Not offered | Offered |
| Music | Not offered | Offered |
| Psychology and society | Not offered | Offered |
| Science | Not offered | Offered |
| Sport and fitness | Not offered | Offered |
Campuses
- Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy · Birtley · DH3 2LP