Annual impact report 24/25

Our drive to improve outcomes for our young people is built upon a foundation of crafting collaborative relationships with our partners to ensure we are all working together to strive for the absolute best.

Outcomes 24/25

Data set for Autumn and Spring term 2024/25. National outcomes for KS1, 2 and 4 are not ratified nationally and therefore not publishable. The full outcomes will be published in our annual data report in March 2026.

• 8.1% absences - overall absence is 0.9% lower than the national average 
• 14.9% of persistence absence - 5.1% lower than the national average 
• 6.45 pupils with 1+ suspension which is 1.41 lower than the national average
• 38.5% achieved their KS2 SATS across reading, writing and maths combined (up 13% on last year) 
• 75.6% post 16 pupils on Education, Employment or Training 

Extended duty outcomes

• 16.79 Child in Need (CIN) cohort is a rate of 0.62 higher for suspensions 
• 0.27 CIN cohort is a rate of 0.08 higher for permanent exclusion 
• 13.8% CIN cohort is a rate of 1.5% lower for overall absence 

Training and CPD

• 10 schools who have engaged in our Belong Project
• 25 schools across Gateshead who have accessed our Trauma Informed Training offer 
• 3 residential care homes who have accessed the Trauma Virtual Reality headsets 
• 5 social care teams who have accessed the Virtual Reality headset training 

Family support 

• 76 families with a social worker supported directly by our Virtual School 
• 63 adopted children supported through Virtual School advice, support and guidance 
• 5 kinship networks engaged with across the year 

Our separated migrant children

• 21 separated migrant children within the Virtual School
• 20 in year 12 and 13 (post 16) 
• 1 child who is statutory school age - Year 11 
• 11 children are educated out of the borough 
• 17 young people are in education, employment or training 

What the support looks like:

• We have managed to secure specialist courses on ESOL programmes for most of our learners (English for Speakers of Other Languages
• Two young people are accessing vocational options (Mechanics and Electrical Installation)
• All of our separated migrant children get access to the same great support through the Virtual School - dedicated caseworker, Personal Education Plan, Pupil Premium attached for funded support
• We have secured a number of laptops through organisations such as The Kings Trust