King Edwin School

Other independent special school · Mixed · ages 6–18Stockton-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees TS20school website

A special school in Stockton-on-Tees for ages 6–18: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
—
Places
—
Pupils
89

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Stockton-on-Tees’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 90 places.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

3.7Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school3.7
Stockton-on-Tees45.0
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 22 pupils in Year 11

0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Stockton-on-Tees 48%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureKing Edwin SchoolStockton-on-TeesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)3.745.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%39%41%
EBacc average point score0.153.974.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—35.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—49.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—7%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

39.78%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Health & Safety30%
Language & Communication29%
Mathematics & Statistics25%
Green & Sustainability22%
Transversal Skills20%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects5

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language22100%89%0%20%0%
Mathematics22100%88%0%22%9%
Biology1777%23%0%45%0%
Fine Art314%9%—28%—
Statistics15%5%—20%—
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication45%
Health & Safety43%
Green & Sustainability36%
Mathematics & Statistics34%
Transversal Skills32%
Natural Sciences28%
Digital & ICT Skills15%
Engineering & Manufacturing13%
Arts & Humanities10%
Law & Public Administration7%
Social & Cultural Skills5%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 16.0percentage 10.0ratio 8.8vocabulary 8.0equation 7.0power 7.0root 7.0gradient 7.0translation 7.0audience 6.8grammar 6.0formulae 6.0adaptation 5.1linear functions 5.0reflection 5.0direct proportion 5.0inverse proportion 5.0area 5.0volume 5.0congruence 5.0pythagoras' theorem 5.0particle model 5.0estimation 4.8standard form 4.8

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, pythagoras' theorem, percentage from Biology, Mathematics, Computing and 3 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses sampling technique, conclusion, probability from Biology, Mathematics, Statistics and 1 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, sampling from Mathematics, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data collection, conduct field work, climate change from Biology, Statistics, Computing and 2 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, unit conversion from Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, outlier from English Language, Mathematics, Statistics and 2 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, formulae, si unit from Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and 1 more
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses experimental design, scientific method, presentation from Biology, English Language, Statistics and 2 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Keeper and aquaristLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses sampling technique, temperature, adaptation from Biology, Science · jobs: animal care attendant, zookeeper, zoo section leader
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses punctuation, spelling, grammar from English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Professional arboriculturistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses map, graph, plan from Biology, Mathematics, Geography and 1 more · jobs: arboriculturist, tree surgeon
Biomedical scientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses experimental design, si unit, data presentation from Biology, Science · jobs: biomedical scientist, specialist biomedical scientist, biomedical scientist advanced
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Stockton-on-Tees, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk Stockton-on-Tees’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
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Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.