Academy special sponsor led
Wallsend · NE28 0HG · North Tyneside
Ages 3–16
Status: Proposed to open
0.0 miles away
OpenURN 133432
Silverdale School
Foundation special school · Wallsend · NE28 0HG
Age range
Ages 3–16
Pupils
138
Local authority
North Tyneside
Age range
Ages 3–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed foundation special school, Ages 3–16, in Wallsend, North Tyneside, 138 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, special school. Free school meals: 80.4%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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Overview
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Age range
- 3–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 133432
Location
- Address
- Langdale Gardens, Howdon
- Postcode
- NE28 0HG
- Town
- Wallsend
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- District
- North Tyneside
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- Boys / girls
- 111 / 27
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 138 / 150 (92%)
- Free school meals
- 80.4%
- FSM pupils
- 111
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Emma Webster
- Telephone
- 01916053230
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-04-09
Category of concern
Special measures
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding effective
- No
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 6.7
- Progress 8
- -1.9
- English & maths grade 5+
- 0%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 5%
- EBacc entry
- 0%
- EBacc APS
- 0.2