Dryden School
Shotley Gardens, Gateshead, NE9 5UR
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Gateshead
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 57.4%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
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 15 January 2025, published 20 February 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Nearby alternatives
- River Tyne Academy Gateshead 0.5 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Gibside School 0.9 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Keser Torah Boys' School 1.4 km · No Ofsted rating
- Haskel School 1.5 km · No Ofsted rating
- Gateshead Jewish Boarding School 1.5 km · No Ofsted rating
- Keser Girls School 1.6 km · No Ofsted rating
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.