Park View School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- South Shields, NE34 0QA
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Bamburgh School
Norham Avenue, South Shields, NE34 7TD
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
—
Capacity
3-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 24 September 2024.
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 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
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 7.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 4.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 4.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 25
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 222
- Boys
- 143 (64%)
- Girls
- 80 (36%)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 57.2%
- EAL
- 0.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £21,453/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.8%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
94.1%
White British
1.8%
Asian Bangladeshi
0.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Norham Avenue
South Shields, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108738
- UKPRN
- 10014898
- Establishment No.
- 7000
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