Gibside School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Community special school
- Location
- Gateshead, NE8 4DE
- Distance
- 0.9km away
Dryden School
Shotley Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5UR
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
—
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 11
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
- 71
- Boys
- 51 (66%)
- Girls
- 26 (34%)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.3%
- EAL
- 14.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 98.6%
- SEN Support
- 1.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £29,711/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 77.1%
- Asian Other: 5.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.3%
- Other: 4.3%
- White Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
77.1%
White British
5.7%
Asian Other
4.3%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Shotley Gardens
Gateshead, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 131200
- UKPRN
- 10015459
- Establishment No.
- 7009
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