Sir Charles Parsons School

State-Funded School

sir-charles-parsons-school-newcastle-upon-tyne-north-east

North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne East and WallsendConstituency

NE6 4EDPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Sir Charles Parsons School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 214 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

67%

Asian

17%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

214

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

74%

England average

27%

First language not English

26%

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: 214
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 10 July 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 Apr 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.