It is one of Newcastle's "Special Educational Needs" centres for Visual Impairment,[1] along with Regent Farm First School and Gosforth Academy.

[8] Gosforth Junior High had concrete tennis courts, until in around 2003 the area of land on which it was situated, was used for an additional building for Archibald First School.

[9][10] A planning application which was submitted on 18 December 2008 by AURA Ltd, a local education partnership company in which the council has a 10% share,[11] was conditionally granted on 20 March 2009.

This application was for the "Erection of two-storey school (Class D1) with associated outdoor play areas and 2 hard surfaced games courts, 114 space car park with access and egress onto Regent Avenue, covered cycle parking, pedestrian access onto Jubilee Road and hard and soft landscaping".

[13] Gosforth Junior High was inspected by Ofsted in June 2008, and they remarked that it "is a good and improving school with outstanding features."

Other remarks Ofsted had were "The outstanding leadership of the federation, principal and senior managers is continuing to steer the school in the right direction."