Benton Dene School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Location
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 8FD
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Percy Hedley School
West Lane, Killingworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 7BH
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
180
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 0.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 27
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 164
- Boys
- 116 (71%)
- Girls
- 48 (29%)
- Capacity
- 180 (91% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.5%
- EAL
- 2.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.8%
- Other: 3.7%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.6%
85.8%
White British
3.7%
Other
2.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
West Lane
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108657
- UKPRN
- 10018021
- Establishment No.
- 7006
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