The Dales School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

NorthumberlandLocal Authority

Blyth and AshingtonConstituency

NE24 4REPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Dales School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in Northumberland, North East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 236 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

97%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

236

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

61%

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 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 236
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 1 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
13 Nov 2013	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.