Upgrade Plan
This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.
Running costs
Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £892 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £124,038 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Castle Square: 22 sales since 1995 · £111,268 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backworth Park Primary School | Primary | 0.6 mi | — |
| Amberley Primary School | Primary | 1.0 mi | — |
| Holystone Primary School | Primary | 1.0 mi | — |
| George Stephenson High School | Secondary | 1.4 mi | Progress 8 -0.34 · below average (2023/24) |
| Longbenton High School | Secondary | 2.2 mi | Progress 8 -0.43 · below average (2023/24) |
| Seaton Valley High School | Secondary | 2.4 mi | Progress 8 -0.23 · below average (2023/24) |
Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.
Area context
Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01035625, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Castle Square
How this home sits against its street.