# Collingwood School & Media Arts College

Collingwood 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.

Special school. Code E122389. [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 2 to 19
- Pupils: 337
- Council: Northumberland
- URN: 122389

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Improved 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Morpeth Stobhillgate First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morpeth-stobhillgate-first-school-e147820): 60 m. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade
- [Morpeth First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/morpeth-first-school-e122210): 960 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022
- [St Roberts Catholic First School, Morpeth](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-roberts-catholic-first-school-morpeth-e148999): 1.6 km. Primary. Standards maintained, March 2025
- [Abbeyfields First School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/abbeyfields-first-school-e144181): 1.8 km. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/122389)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/122389)

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