Silverdale School
Langdale Gardens, Howdon, Wallsend, NE28 0HG
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Emma Webster
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- URN
- 133432
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01916053230
About this school
Silverdale School is a foundation special school in Wallsend. It teaches children aged 3 to 16 and has 138 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Silverdale School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Inadequate
- Personal development
- Inadequate
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Not effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 13 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 97.0 | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | 92.0 | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 10 | 22 | 18 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.17 -3.04 to -1.29 | -1.93 -2.60 to -1.26 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 4.5% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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 Silverdale 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 | — | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.3 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 6.7 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 6.7 | 36.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 16.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 20.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 122 |
| 2023/24 | 133 |
| 2024/25 | 127 |
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)
- 83.46%
- English as an additional language
- 0.8%
- Overall absence
- 20.36%
- Persistent absence
- 47.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beacon Hill School1.5 miles
Special schools · North Tyneside
-
Groundwork South and North Tyneside1.6 miles
Other types · Hebburn
-
Parkside House School2.1 miles
Special schools · North Tyneside
-
Woodlawn School2.2 miles
Special schools · Whitley Bay
-
Moorbridge2.2 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Other schools in Wallsend
- Silverdale School Academies
- Battle Hill Primary School Primary
- Carville Academy Primary
- Denbigh Community Primary School Primary
- Hadrian Park Primary School Primary
- Redesdale Primary School Primary
- Richardson Dees Primary School Primary
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Primary
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary, Wallsend Primary
- St Columba's Catholic Primary School, Wallsend Primary
- St Peter's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Stephenson Memorial Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Silverdale School teach?
- Silverdale School teaches children aged 3 to 16. It is a special school in Wallsend.
- Who is the headteacher of Silverdale School?
- The headteacher of Silverdale School is Miss Emma Webster, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Silverdale School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Silverdale 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 Silverdale School?
- Silverdale School has 138 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 16.
- Is Silverdale School full?
- Silverdale School has capacity for 150 pupils and 138 on roll (92%), 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 Silverdale School a faith school?
- No. Silverdale School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Silverdale School have?
- The schools register lists Silverdale School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Silverdale School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2023/24 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 Silverdale School's absence rate?
- Silverdale School's overall absence rate is 20.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Silverdale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Silverdale 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 6 July 2026.