Furrowfield School
Whitehill Drive, Gateshead, NE10 9RZ
101 pupils · 133% of 76 capacity
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Free school meals
- 74.3%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 17 November 2022, published 19 January 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 5.4 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 0% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 0% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Hill Top School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Ateres Girls High School 1.3 km · No Ofsted rating
- River Tyne Academy Gateshead 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Dryden School 1.6 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- The Cedars Academy 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Gibside School 2.3 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.