Bamburgh School
Norham Avenue, South Shields, NE34 7TD
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Nord
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- South Shields
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 223
- URN
- 108738
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914274330
About this school
Bamburgh School is a community special school in South Shields. It teaches children aged 3 to 16 and has 223 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bamburgh 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
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -9.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -10.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 27 | 25 | 26 |
| Attainment 8 score | 9.0 | 12.5 | 9.8 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.79 -1.36 to -0.23 | -1.04 -1.67 to -0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 4% | 3.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 4% | 12% | 3.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
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 Bamburgh 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 | South Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 59.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | South Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 12.5 | 33.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 9.8 | 37.4 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 210 |
| 2023/24 | 216 |
| 2024/25 | 222 |
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)
- 57.21%
- English as an additional language
- 0.9%
- Overall absence
- 7.63%
- Persistent absence
- 23.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Park View School1.2 miles
Special schools · South Shields
-
Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre1.3 miles
Local authority maintained schools · South Shields
-
Epinay Business and Enterprise School1.7 miles
Special schools · South Shields
-
Southlands School3.2 miles
Special schools · North Shields
-
Silverdale School4.1 miles
Special schools · Wallsend
Other schools in South Shields
- Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre Local authority maintained 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 Bamburgh School teach?
- Bamburgh School teaches children aged 3 to 16. It is a special school in South Shields.
- Who is the headteacher of Bamburgh School?
- The headteacher of Bamburgh School is Mr Peter Nord, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bamburgh School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bamburgh 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 Bamburgh School?
- Bamburgh School has 223 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 16.
- Is Bamburgh School a faith school?
- No. Bamburgh School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Bamburgh School have?
- The schools register lists Bamburgh School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Bamburgh School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Bamburgh School's absence rate?
- Bamburgh School's overall absence rate is 7.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bamburgh School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bamburgh 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.