Epinay Business and Enterprise School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

South TynesideLocal Authority

South ShieldsConstituency

NE34 8BTPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Epinay Business and Enterprise School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–18, located in South Tyneside, North East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 258 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

258

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

60%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 258
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 21 June 2023. 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
25 Apr 2018	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.