Northern Counties School

State-Funded School

northern-counties-school-newcastle-upon-tyne-north-east

North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne NorthConstituency

NE2 3BBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Northern Counties School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 89 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

12%

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 89
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
24 Apr 2024	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
18 Jul 2022	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate
2 May 2017	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.