Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre
Temple Park Road, South Shields, NE34 0QA
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Service Manager
- Mr Dominick Gray
- Constituency
- South Shields
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 78
- URN
- 108666
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914546254
About this school
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre is a special school in South Shields. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 78 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre, 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63 |
| 2023/24 | 62 |
| 2024/25 | 70 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 85.71%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park View School0.1 miles
Special schools · South Shields
-
Epinay Business and Enterprise School1.2 miles
Special schools · South Shields
-
Bamburgh School1.3 miles
Special schools · South Shields
-
Groundwork South and North Tyneside3.0 miles
Other types · Hebburn
-
Keelman's Way School3.1 miles
Special schools · Hebburn
Other schools in South Shields
- Bamburgh School Special schools
- Epinay Business and Enterprise School Special schools
- Park View School Special schools
- Ashley Academy Primary
- Biddick Hall Infants' School Primary
- Biddick Hall Junior School Primary
- Forest View Primary Primary
- Hadrian Primary School Primary
- Harton Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) Primary
- Laygate Community School Primary
- Lord Blyton Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre teach?
- Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is a special school in South Shields.
- Who is the service manager of Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre?
- The service manager of Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre is Mr Dominick Gray, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre, 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 Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre?
- Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre has 78 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre a faith school?
- No. Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.