Barndale SchoolGust Independent School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Barndale School and Gust Independent School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Barndale School was judged Good and Gust Independent School was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Barndale School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Barndale School versus Gust Independent School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	AlnwickBarndale School	AshingtonGust Independent School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	4-19	6-17
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	90	39
Capacity	120	40
Location	Alnwick, NE66 1DQ	Ashington, NE63 8SF
GCSE results
Attainment 8	Not reported	5.4	46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths	Not reported	0.0%	45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths	Not reported	0.0%	64.8%
Entering EBacc	Not reported	0.0%	40.5%
EBacc average point score	Not reported	0.33	4.09
Cohort	7	11
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Reading average scaled score	105.0	Not reported	106.0
Maths average scaled score	106.0	Not reported	105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census	90	39
Free school meals (ever 6)	57.6%	0.0%
English as an additional language	0.0%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	5.1%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	94.9%
Attendance
Overall absence	10.1%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	35.3%	Not reported	15.8%

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