All-through
Bamburgh School
Norham Avenue, South Shields, NE34 7TD
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 223 pupils
- Pupils per teacher
- 7.6
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Nursery
- Yes
- 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
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 76.0
- Pupils per adult
- 2.8
- Pupils
- 216
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
4%
9.8
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 9.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.72 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 4% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 4% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 4% |
| 24/25 | 4% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -1.36 |
| 22/23 | -0.79 |
| 23/24 | -1.04 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 10.1 |
| 22/23 | 9.0 |
| 23/24 | 12.5 |
| 24/25 | 9.8 |
Norham Avenue, South Shields, NE34 7TD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
South Tyneside admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Peter Nord
- Address
- Norham Avenue, South Shields, NE34 7TD
- Telephone
- 01914274330