Collingwood School & Media Arts College
Special schoolCollingwood School & Media Arts College is a special school in Northumberland, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 337 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, June 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 11 June 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Collingwood School & Media Arts College met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 58% in Northumberland and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Collingwood School & Media Arts College was 5.9, against 42.8 in Northumberland and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 58% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 92 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 82 | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 5.9 | 42.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 1.9% | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 54 | – | – |
- Collingwood School & Media Arts College teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Morpeth Stobhillgate First SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade60 m
- Morpeth First SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022960 m
- St Roberts Catholic First School, MorpethPrimary. Standards maintained, March 20251.6 km
- Abbeyfields First SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade1.8 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Northumberland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).