Newcastle Bridges School comprises four units within the city of Newcastle and one unit in Northumberland. The unit for pregnant school girls, young mums and vulnerable and phobic pupils, Newcastle Bridges at Kenton, is located next to a large secondary school, and meets the needs of up to 45 pupils. A small on-site nursery cares for pupils’ children while they attend lessons at the unit or in mainstream schools. The home tuition service classroom and resource base are also on this site. The school also provides education in a number of local hospitals. The Ferndene unit is based within a 44-bed, low security hospital unit and meets the needs of pupils who have a wide range of psychological or psychiatric difficulties from the age of 5 to 18, some of whom have special educational needs. The Roycroft teaching unit is based within a 25-bed, national, medium secure, forensic hospital unit for young people aged 12-19, some of whom have special educational needs. The school also delivers education for children between the ages of 2 and 19 who are patients in the Great Northern Children’s Hospital and the Freeman Hospital. At the time of the inspection there were no children in the Early Years Foundation Stage. The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is low. No discrete sixth-form provision is in place at the school, but a number of post-16 pupils in the secure units accesses an appropriate curriculum.