- Age range
- 5–19
- Co-ed status
- Mixed
- Number of students
- 39
- Day / boarding
- Day only
- Religious affiliation
- Non-denominational
- Average fees
- £37,355 (annual, inc. VAT)
- Has a nursery
- No
How the school describes itself
- Old Farm School is specialist, relational and highly personalised and aims to create an environment in which pupils can feel safe enough to thrive.
Fee profile
Annual fees including VAT. 2025-26.
Year 1£37,355
Year 2£37,355
Year 3£37,355
Year 4£37,355
Year 5£37,355
Year 6£37,355
Year 7£37,355
Year 8£37,355
Year 9£37,355
Year 10£37,355
Year 11£37,355
Year 12£37,355
Year 13£37,355
Parents like
- Will suit families seeking a very small specialist setting in the north east where individual attention and continuity outweigh scale.
Admissions
Admissions at Old Farm School are highly individual and consultation led, because the school publicly describes itself as an independent specialist school rather than a standard mainstream all-through option. It should suit families who want a very small setting where personal support, therapeutic understanding and continuity matter more than scale or conventional prestige.
Scholarships
Scholarships are not really the point here. The value lies in whether the school's specialist support, smaller scale and highly individual atmosphere can help a young person feel secure enough to progress.
Bursaries
Inspection snapshot
The overall picture is specialist and reassuringly human scale, with the school's own site presenting it as an independent specialist school and Ofsted currently showing the school as Good. Parents should still visit because the key question is whether the support model, curriculum and pace feel right for the particular child rather than simply sounding kind in the abstract.
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