Dryden School

State-Funded School

dryden-school-gateshead-north-east

North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Gateshead Central and WhickhamConstituency

NE9 5URPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Dryden School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–18, located in Gateshead, North East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 77 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 77
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
16 Jul 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.