Percy Hedley School
West Lane, Killingworth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE12 7BH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Dr John Steward
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 157
- URN
- 108657
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01912161811
About this school
Percy Hedley School is a special school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 157 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Percy Hedley School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 19 | 28 | 27 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - | -2.17 -2.92 to -1.43 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Percy Hedley School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 0.2 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.7 | 36.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 157 |
| 2023/24 | 155 |
| 2024/25 | 164 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 49.55%
- English as an additional language
- 2.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.54%
- Persistent absence
- 31.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Benton Dene School0.7 miles
Special schools · Newcastle upon Tyne
-
Percy Hedley Hedleys College0.9 miles
Other types · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Benton House School1.4 miles
Special schools · Benton
-
Hopespring Newcastle1.6 miles
Independent schools
-
Parkside House School1.9 miles
Special schools · North Tyneside
Other schools in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Brenkley School Special schools
- Emily Wilding Davison School Special schools
- Hadrian School Special schools
- Mary Astell Academy Academies
- Moorbridge Local authority maintained schools
- Newcastle Bridges School Academies
- NHS Choices College Other types
- Northern Counties School Special schools
- Percy Hedley Hedleys College Other types
- Sir Charles Parsons School Special schools
- Thomas Bewick School Academies
- Trinity Academy Newcastle Academies
Common questions
- What ages does Percy Hedley School teach?
- Percy Hedley School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Who is the head teacher of Percy Hedley School?
- The head teacher of Percy Hedley School is Dr John Steward, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Percy Hedley School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Percy Hedley School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Percy Hedley School?
- Percy Hedley School has 157 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Percy Hedley School full?
- Percy Hedley School has capacity for 180 pupils and 157 on roll (87%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Percy Hedley School a faith school?
- No. Percy Hedley School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Percy Hedley School have?
- The schools register lists Percy Hedley School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Percy Hedley School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 0.2 in 2023/24 and 0.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Percy Hedley School's absence rate?
- Percy Hedley School's overall absence rate is 10.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Percy Hedley School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Percy Hedley School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.