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Haydon Bridge High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 392Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 122328URN

Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.1per place
close to Northumberland median (1.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Northumberland

45 applications for 40 places · small intake, not ranked
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.5of 90
12th of 16 in Northumberland
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 23 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • 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

  1. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 4 Needs attention, 3 Urgent improvement
  2. 27 February 2024
    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
1.1applications per place, Year 7
close to Northumberland median (1.3) 1.1 below England median (2.2)

45 applications · 40 places offered · 39 named it first

Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.

  1. 2026 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.3
  2. 2025 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
  3. 2024 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
  4. 2023 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.4
  5. 2022 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.3
  6. 2021 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
  7. 2020 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
  8. 2019 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.3
  9. 2018 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.1
  10. 2017 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.2
  11. 2016 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.1
  12. 2015 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.1
  13. 2014 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.1
  • This school
  • Northumberland 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202640451.1390.98
Sep 202553581.1520.98
Sep 202468751.1610.90
Sep 202368711.0630.93
Sep 202263671.1600.95
Sep 202161661.1600.98
Sep 202065691.1630.97
Sep 201939441.1391.00
Sep 201835451.3330.94
Sep 201739571.5391.00
Sep 201662911.5631.02
Sep 201551881.7500.98
Sep 2014671191.8671.00

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

74 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.512th of 16 in Northumberland
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%15th of 16 in Northumberland
Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%
  • This school
  • Northumberland median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.58
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)7440.530%50%–
2024/257335.114%41%–
2023/248038.421%48%−0.58
2022/236343.944%64%−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

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
122328 · 929/4130
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
904 pupils · 392 on roll
Free school meals
29.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 1900
Address
Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR
Local authority
Northumberland

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