Thomas Bewick School

State-Funded School

thomas-bewick-school-newcastle-upon-tyne-north-east

North EastRegion

Newcastle upon TyneLocal Authority

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and WestConstituency

NE5 2LWPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Thomas Bewick 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 383 pupils. Thomas Bewick School is part of PROSPER LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

58%

Asian

19%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

383

Total Pupils

76%Boys

24%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

64%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 383
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least 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 Good

Ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023. 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
25 Jul 2013	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.