Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Northumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong 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
- 19 May 2026Report card · 5 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
- 31 March 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry390 applications · 340 places offered · 343 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2025 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2024 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2023 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2022 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2020 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2019 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2018 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2017 8.3; Northumberland median median 1.2
- 2016 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2015 11.5; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 340 | 390 | 1.2 | 343 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 321 | 370 | 1.2 | 319 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 328 | 367 | 1.1 | 321 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 386 | 441 | 1.1 | 394 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 | 348 | 414 | 1.2 | 365 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 347 | 400 | 1.2 | 345 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 335 | 389 | 1.2 | 335 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 323 | 378 | 1.2 | 321 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 26 | 36 | 1.4 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 10 | 2.50 |
| Sep 2016 | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 19 | 4.75 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 336 | 47.5 | 44% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 339 | 46.7 | 47% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 342 | 46.6 | 44% | 69% | −0.15 |
| 2022/23 | 327 | 46.6 | 41% | 64% | −0.13 |
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
- Cramlington Learning VillageThis schoolThis school20261.2applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · North TynesideGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 44.4Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · NorthumberlandSome aspects not as strong202438.7Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Northumberland2026
- 5.1 km · North TynesideStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Newcastle upon TyneGood2024
- 5.9 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.8applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137457 · 929/4424
- Trust
- Cramlington Learning Village
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,218 pupils · 1,989 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Cramlington Learning Village (URN 122357)
- Address
- Highburn, Cramlington, NE23 6BN
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources