Newcastle Bridges School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne NorthConstituency

NE3 3RUPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Newcastle Bridges School is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 2–19, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 73 pupils. Newcastle Bridges School is part of PROSPER LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

41%Boys

59%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

62%

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: PRU
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 73
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: PROSPER LEARNING TRUST

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 11 May 2022. 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
7 Dec 2016	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.