History
The school started in 1960 as, Gosforth East Secondary School and later became Gosforth East Middle School, when Northumberland County Council changed to the Three-tier education system in 1973.
In 2003, Gosforth East had a new building erected. This building costing £4 million was officially opened on 12 September 2003 by Mr David Bell, who then was Chief Inspector of Schools.
Gosforth East was inspected by Ofsted in 2009; the report noted that "This is a good and improving school".
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