North East
Special schools in Northumberland
170 schools, 43,244 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 35.1.
Ofsted across Northumberland
Good101
Outstanding9
Requires improvement6
No overall grade54
116 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 54 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Northumberland
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barndale SchoolCommunity special school | Alnwick | Good 2024 | — |
| Cleaswell Hill SchoolCommunity special school | Choppington | Outstanding 2022 | — |
| Collingwood School & Media Arts CollegeCommunity special school | Morpeth | No grade | — |
| Cramlington Hillcrest SchoolCommunity special school | Cramlington | Good 2022 | — |
| Emily Wilding Davison SchoolCommunity special school | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Good 2024 | — |
| Gust Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Ashington | No grade | — |
| Howard House SchoolOther independent special school | Netherton Colliery | No grade | — |
| Rosewood Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Morpeth | No grade | — |
| The Apex AcademyOther independent special school | East Hartford | No grade | — |
| The Dales SchoolCommunity special school | Blyth | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| The Grove Special SchoolCommunity special school | Berwick-upon-Tweed | No grade | — |