Haskel School
Other independent special school in Gateshead (Gateshead).
Who the school serves
Share of pupils. Free school meals and language: school census, 2024/25. Special educational needs: 2025/26. England figures are for the same type of school; where no England figure is shown the school year differs from the latest England release. Sources: DfE school census and Special educational needs in England (OGL v3.0), via WhatSchool.
7 girls (30%) and 16 boys (70%) on roll (school register, GIAS, 24 Oct 2026).
Free school meals: two measures
- Eligible for free school meals (census)
- suppressed by DfE (small numbers)
These are different official measures and are never filled in from each other: the census figure counts pupils eligible on census day as a share of all pupils on roll (DfE, Schools, pupils and their characteristics 2025/26); the register figure is the performance-table measure held in Get Information about Schools (24 Oct 2026 extract), with its own population and census date. They differ by more than 0.05 points in 45% of schools.
Over time
Eligible for free school meals (census, each January)
SEN support
EHC plansiSchool census, each January. England free school meals: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, DfE, same type of school. England SEN history is not split by type of school, so it is not drawn.
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| Year | Eligible for free school meals (census) | England eligible | SEN support | EHC plan | All SEN |
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| 2025/26 | - | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2024/25 | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2023/24 | - | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2022/23 | - | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2021/22 | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2020/21 | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| 2019/20 | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
Primary need
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| Primary need | What it can mean | EHC plan | SEN support | Total | Share of all pupils |
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23 pupils with an EHC plan and 0 on SEN support, out of 23 (school census, 2025/26). Each pupil is counted once, by their primary need. "Share of all pupils" is the pupils with that primary need as a share of all pupils counted in the census (worked out from the figures). DfE Special educational needs in England. The descriptions are general, not about this school.
Understanding this data
- EHC plan
- An education, health and care plan is a legal document from the local council for a child with needs that cannot be met by the school's usual support. It names the support the child must get.
- SEN support
- Extra help given by the school itself to a child with special educational needs who does not have an EHC plan.
- SEN information report
- Every school must publish a report on how it supports pupils with SEN. Look for it on the school website.
Plain-English summary. See GOV.UK: Children with special educational needs.
Guides for parents
All guides- Free school meals and pupil premiumWho gets free school meals in England from September 2026, how to apply, and what it means for the school.