Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Northumberland
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 |
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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 entry221 applications · 158 places offered · 158 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2025 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2024 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2023 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2021 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2020 1.4; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2019 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2018 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2017 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.2; as the previous school
- 2016 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2015 3.0; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- 2014 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.1; as the previous school
- This school
- Northumberland median
Dashed bars: as Bedlingtonshire Community High School (URN 122360), 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 2026 | 158 | 221 | 1.4 | 158 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 162 | 232 | 1.4 | 166 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 166 | 244 | 1.5 | 186 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2023 | 164 | 271 | 1.7 | 199 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2022 | 165 | 221 | 1.3 | 178 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 160 | 227 | 1.4 | 164 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 159 | 222 | 1.4 | 182 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2019 | 114 | 151 | 1.3 | 115 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2018 * | 28 | 56 | 2.0 | 36 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2017 * | 32 | 62 | 1.9 | 31 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 * | 25 | 55 | 2.2 | 22 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2015 * | 25 | 75 | 3.0 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 75 | 140 | 1.9 | 70 | 0.93 |
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.) | 136 | 47.6 | 52% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 141 | 47.4 | 44% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 128 | 45.2 | 45% | 69% | −0.26 |
| 2022/23 | 139 | 45.3 | 49% | 66% | −0.22 |
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
- Bedlington AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.4applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.8applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Northumberland20261.3applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.3applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · Northumberland20261.2applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 7.3 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2023
- 7.5 km · Northumberland2026
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144977 · 929/4008
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 850 pupils · 822 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2018
- Replaced
- Bedlingtonshire Community High School (URN 122360)
- Address
- Palace Road, Bedlington, NE22 7DS
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources