Hill Top School

State-Funded School

hill-top-school-gateshead-north-east

North EastRegion

GatesheadLocal Authority

Jarrow and Gateshead EastConstituency

NE10 8LTPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Hill Top School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Gateshead, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 127 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

127

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

62%

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 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 127
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 Good

Ungraded inspection on 14 February 2024. 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
10 Nov 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.