Gust Independent School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Ashington, NE63 8SF
- Distance
- 27.1km away
Barndale School
Howling Lane, Alnwick, NE66 1DQ
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
120
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 30 April 2024.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Cohort Size
- 6
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 90
- Boys
- 76 (69%)
- Girls
- 34 (31%)
- Capacity
- 120 (92% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 57.6%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £27,104/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
- 10.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.3% 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
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Boarding school
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.5%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
95.5%
White British
1.1%
White Other
1.1%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 122384
- UKPRN
- 10017107
- Establishment No.
- 7010
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