School profile
Hill Top School
Wealcroft, Felling, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE10 8LT
Overview
Hill Top School is a special / send school (community special school) in Gateshead, North East, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Community special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 120
- Pupils on roll
- 127
- URN
- 130942
Admissions
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Federation
- Dryden & Hill Top Learning Federation
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Secondary
2022/23 results
This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.
| Measure | School |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 1.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.08 |
| Entering the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths | 5% |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths | 5% |
| Progress 8 scoreConfidence interval -2.35 to -1.01 | -1.68 |
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 14 February 2024 · Published 24 March 2024
Outcome: School remains Good
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Location
- Address
- Wealcroft, Felling, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE10 8LT
- Local authority
- Gateshead
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