Community school · South Tyneside

Hebburn Comprehensive School

11–16Ages
857Pupils
SecondaryPhase
108731URN

Campbell Park Road, Hebburn, NE31 2QU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

close to South Tyneside median (1.7)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in South Tyneside

249 applications for 151 places · 6th of 8 in South Tyneside

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

42.0of 90

South Tyneside 42.0 England 46.0

5th of 8 in South Tyneside

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 25 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion			Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching			Expected standard
Achievement			Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour				Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years	Does not apply to this school
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Expected standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

9 December 2025
Report card · 1 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
8 March 2023
Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.7applications per place, Year 7

close to South Tyneside median (1.7) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

249 applications · 151 places offered · 119 named it first

2026 1.7; South Tyneside median median 1.7
2025 1.7; South Tyneside median median 1.7
2024 1.8; South Tyneside median median 1.8
2023 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.8
2022 1.5; South Tyneside median median 1.6
2021 1.5; South Tyneside median median 1.7
2020 1.5; South Tyneside median median 1.8
2019 1.5; South Tyneside median median 1.5
2018 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.6
2017 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.6
2016 1.4; South Tyneside median median 1.5
2015 1.5; South Tyneside median median 1.5
2014 1.6; South Tyneside median median 1.6

More applications per place than the South Tyneside median in 1 of 13 years.

This school
South Tyneside median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	151	249	1.7	119	0.79
Sep 2025	159	267	1.7	137	0.86
Sep 2024	156	282	1.8	134	0.86
Sep 2023	173	280	1.6	152	0.88
Sep 2022	158	241	1.5	125	0.79
Sep 2021	162	250	1.5	154	0.95
Sep 2020	190	284	1.5	169	0.89
Sep 2019	155	239	1.5	133	0.86
Sep 2018	115	189	1.6	103	0.90
Sep 2017	117	185	1.6	100	0.85
Sep 2016	143	196	1.4	128	0.90
Sep 2015	104	154	1.5	84	0.81
Sep 2014	96	150	1.6	89	0.93

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

172 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.05th of 8 in South Tyneside

South Tyneside 42.0 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%4th of 8 in South Tyneside

South Tyneside 39% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%

South Tyneside 58% England 66%

This school
South Tyneside median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.35

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	172	42.0	40%	58%	–
2024/25	196	44.2	44%	61%	–
2023/24	171	40.8	33%	55%	−0.35
2022/23	125	44.4	40%	58%	−0.35

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Hebburn Comprehensive SchoolThis school
This school

2025

1.7applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
1.1 km · South Tyneside

Good2022

1.7applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
Jarrow School
1.6 km · South Tyneside

Good2022

2.3applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
Walker Riverside Academy
2.6 km · Newcastle upon Tyne

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.9applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
Burnside College
3.1 km · North Tyneside

Standards maintained2024

1.6applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
Heworth Grange School
3.4 km · Gateshead

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.6applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
Benfield School
3.9 km · Newcastle upon Tyne

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 31.8Attainment 8
Churchill Academy
4.2 km · North Tyneside

Special measures Inadequate2024
XP Gateshead
4.2 km · Gateshead

Graded · no overall grade2024

5.9applications per place 48.4Attainment 8

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 108731 · 393/4026
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,000 pupils · 857 on roll
Free school meals: 50.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Campbell Park Road, Hebburn, NE31 2QU
Local authority: South Tyneside

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources