The Dales School is a special school in Blyth, United Kingdom with 236 pupils. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Midday Supervisory Assistant – SEND Primary School (closes 17 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Sue Fisher, Head Teacher
Type
Special school
Pupils
236 pupils · 26% girls · 61.0% eligible for free school meals · 1.7% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
0 (0.0%) on SEN support · 236 (100.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Are you ready to be the highlight of a child’s day?The Dales School are looking for enthusiastic Midday Supervisory Assistants (Dinner Staff) to join our incredible team. We are a…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
0%
0%
2023/24
0%
0%
2022/23
0%
0%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
31 January 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
18 September 2018
Short inspection
Remained Outstanding
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
34.8
6.8
–
0
£49,916
2024/25
34.0
6.2
11%
0
£43,566
2023/24
30.6
6.3
13%
0
£43,904
2022/23
28.8
6.5
5%
0
£41,190
2021/22
24.6
6.9
11%
0
£37,916
2020/21
27.3
5.4
27%
0
£37,669
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
22.1
6.4
5%
0
£38,555
2018/19
16.8
5.8
22%
0
£40,517
2017/18
15.8
5.6
13%
0
£41,627
2016/17
14.8
6.0
14%
0
£41,520
2015/16
13.8
5.5
13%
0
£37,978
2014/15
10.7
7.2
0%
0
£37,868
2013/14
11.5
6.3
23%
0
£38,302
2012/13
10.0
6.9
10%
0
£38,624
2011/12
8.5
6.8
44%
0
£41,158
2010/11
8.7
4.6
0%
0
£39,425
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
9.7%
1.7%
30.4%
1.8%
2024/25
7.6%
1.5%
20.2%
1.0%
2023/24
8.8%
1.4%
29.5%
1.1%
2022/23
9.5%
0.9%
31.4%
0.6%
2021/22
11.5%
1.4%
44.2%
2.5%
2020/21
3.9%
0.5%
10.4%
0.7%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
7.5%
1.8%
20.7%
3.3%
2017/18
6.7%
0.3%
26.1%
1.1%
2016/17
7.3%
1.1%
24.4%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.