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Hill Top School

Community special school · Mixed · Gateshead

Wealcroft, Gateshead, NE10 8LT

01914692462

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

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No council data

Attendance

92.3%

20.8% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

127

Capacity used

Over capacity

106%

120 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Community special school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Anita Bell
Address
Wealcroft, Felling, Gateshead, NE10 8LT
Phone
01914692462
Local authority
Gateshead
Ward / constituency
Windy Nook & Whitehills · Jarrow and Gateshead East
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
130942

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals66%——
English as additional language10%——
SEN support0%——
72% boys (91)28% girls (36)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

127 pupils · 120 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    14 February 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 120 pupils

Attendance

92.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

7.7%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

20.8%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.3%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

26%
20/21
30%
21/22
35%
22/23
28%
23/24
21%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Pupils in cohort21—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2022/2023)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils
-1.64
Other pupils
-1.76
Low prior attainers
-1.61

Oxbridge

No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.