At a glance
Key published figures for this school.
Ofsted inspection
Latest outcome
New inspection format: no single overall grade.
Latest visit (Feb 2025): no overall grade. Quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.
Report published 11 Mar 2025.
Inspection history
- Latest ungradedSchool remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- Previous gradedOutstanding
This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.
School figures
Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NE31. Where we have them, council (South Tyneside) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.
- Pupils on roll
- 71
- Free school meals
- 28.9%
- SEN
- 29.3%
- EAL
- 6.7%
- Attendance
- Not published
Also: South Tyneside 33.4% · England 24%
Also: South Tyneside 24.1% · England 19.6%
Also: South Tyneside 92.7% · England 93.4%
Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NE31 average; the darker bar is this school.
- Attainment
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Admissions
Applications and offers
Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.
SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.
How full the building is
- Roll versus published capacity
- Capacity not published
- Published capacity (GIAS)
- Not published
- Pupils on roll
- 71
Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.
Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.
Check your council admissions booklet via the South Tyneside page.
SEN support
- SEN %
- 29.3%
- On-site provision
- SEN unit · SPLD, VI, OTH, HI
A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.
Schools near The Sue Hedley Nursery School
Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.
- Keelman's Way School
- Clervaux Nursery School
- Sir Charles Parsons School
- Monkchester Road Nursery School
- Silverdale School
- Beacon Hill School
- Boldon Nursery School
- Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre
Other nearby schools
Sources and freshness
- School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
- Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
- Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
- School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
- We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
- Methodology · Data updates
