Secondary
Dryden School
Shotley Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5UR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 77 pupils
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.1
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 30.3
- Pupils per adult
- 2.1
- Pupils
- 65
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 January 2025
Standards maintained
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Shotley Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5UR
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 31 October, the year before starting.
Gateshead 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
- Elizabeth Johnson
- Address
- Shotley Gardens, Low Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5UR
- Telephone
- 01914203812