The Link School
Special / other · Sunderland · SR3 4EE
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 16 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
164 pupils
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Age range
- 7–14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 72% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 69.4% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 11.1% of pupils
- Website
- www.linkschool.org.uk
- URN
- 135640
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 15 November 2023: School remains Good
- 12 June 2018: Good
- 21 February 2018: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.