# Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre

Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre is a pupil referral unit for ages 4 to 16 in South Shields, South Tyneside, with 78 pupils.

## Term dates


We do not yet hold term dates for Alternative Education Service - The Beacon Centre. As a community or voluntary controlled school it follows the local authority calendar, which is the legal authority for its term dates.

## Ofsted

Overall effectiveness **Good** at the inspection of 28 March 2023, under the framework Ofsted used before September 2025. Not reinspected since.

Report: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/108666
## Facts

- **URN:** 108666
- **UKPRN:** 10016922
- **Type:** Pupil referral unit
- **Ages:** 4–16
- **Pupils:** 78
- **Local authority:** South Tyneside (https://schooldates.co.uk/council/south-tyneside)
- **Address:** Temple Park Road, South Shields, NE34 0QA
- **Coordinates:** 54.977471, -1.431631
- **Website:** http://www.thebeaconcentre.net
- **Opened:** 1 April 1994

## Provenance

- **Source:** Get Information about Schools (GIAS), Department for Education
- **As at:** 1 September 2026
- **Canonical page:** https://schooldates.co.uk/school/alternative-education-service-the-beacon-centre

## Licensing

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