Secondary
Emily Wilding Davison School
Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE20 9QB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 124 of 100 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 6.1
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 38.8
- Pupils per adult
- 2.7
- Pupils
- 103
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 July 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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 inspections2
January 2023
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentInadequate
- Quality of educationInadequate
January 2020
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
0%
1.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 1.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.09 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 5% |
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -2.37 |
| 22/23 | -2.95 |
| 23/24 | -3.10 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 10.5 |
| 22/23 | 3.5 |
| 23/24 | 2.0 |
| 24/25 | 1.7 |
Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE20 9QB
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.
Northumberland 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
- Acting Headteacher
- Michael Hutchison
- Address
- Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE20 9QB
- Telephone
- 01912980838