Parkside House School
Station Road, Backworth, North Tyneside, NE27 0AB
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 10 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Belinda Young
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 95
- Pupils on roll
- 80
- URN
- 135001
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01912161051
About this school
Parkside House School is an independent special school in North Tyneside. It teaches children aged 10 to 19 and has 80 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Parkside House School under its current framework. 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
Parkside House School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 2005, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 5.8 | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 12.5% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.3 | - |
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 Parkside House 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47 |
| 2023/24 | 54 |
| 2024/25 | 78 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 80
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Moorbridge0.5 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Woodlawn School1.9 miles
Special schools · Whitley Bay
-
Percy Hedley School1.9 miles
Special schools · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Beacon Hill School2.1 miles
Special schools · North Tyneside
-
Silverdale School2.1 miles
Special schools · Wallsend
Other schools in North Tyneside
- Beacon Hill School Special schools
- King Edward Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Parkside House School teach?
- Parkside House School teaches children aged 10 to 19. It is a special school in North Tyneside.
- Who is the headteacher of Parkside House School?
- The headteacher of Parkside House School is Mrs Belinda Young, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Parkside House School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Parkside House School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Parkside House School?
- Parkside House School has 80 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 10 to 19.
- Is Parkside House School full?
- Parkside House School has capacity for 95 pupils and 80 on roll (84%), 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 Parkside House School a faith school?
- No. Parkside House School has no designated religious character.
- What are Parkside House School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parkside House 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 24 July 2026.