Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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- 2018 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2017 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.2
- 2016 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2015 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2014 1.3; 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 2018 | 315 | 332 | 1.1 | 315 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 320 | 369 | 1.2 | 332 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2016 | 301 | 349 | 1.2 | 303 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 312 | 406 | 1.3 | 321 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 | 319 | 406 | 1.3 | 319 | 1.00 |
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.) | 322 | 51.1 | 57% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 337 | 52.2 | 58% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 324 | 51.2 | 53% | 74% | +0.13 |
| 2022/23 | 319 | 51.9 | 55% | 80% | +0.16 |
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
- The King Edward VI SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade202451.1Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · Northumberland2026
- 0.7 km · Northumberland2026
- 7.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.3applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 9.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.4applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · Northumberland20261.3applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 10.9 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 12.7 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
- 137746 · 929/4501
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,506 pupils · 1,426 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2011
- Replaced
- The King Edward VI School (URN 122365)
- Address
- Cottingwood Lane, Morpeth, NE61 1DN
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources