Graded inspection · Apr 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 | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as Queen Elizabeth High School (URN 122356), the previous school.
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 | 270 | 304 | 1.1 | 270 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 266 | 307 | 1.2 | 267 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 252 | 292 | 1.2 | 250 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 251 | 311 | 1.2 | 251 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 252 | 307 | 1.2 | 250 | 0.99 |
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.) | 310 | 49.4 | 53% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 301 | 50.7 | 53% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 307 | 54.3 | 62% | 81% | +0.27 |
| 2022/23 | 309 | 52.7 | 60% | 74% | +0.21 |
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
- Queen Elizabeth High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood202449.4Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2023
- 1.2 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2024
- 6.2 km · Northumberland2026
- 8.7 km · NorthumberlandSpecial measures 20261.1applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 15.6 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2024
- 16.8 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2024
- 17.2 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good202346.1Attainment 8
- 20.8 km · NorthumberlandSome aspects not as strong2025
- 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
- 143291 · 929/4417
- Trust
- Hadrian Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,308 pupils · 1,299 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Queen Elizabeth High School (URN 122356)
- Address
- Whetstone Bridge Road, Hexham, NE46 3JB
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources