Cramlington Hillcrest School

State-Funded School

cramlington-hillcrest-school-northumberland-north-east

North EastRegion

NorthumberlandLocal Authority

Cramlington and KillingworthConstituency

NE23 1DYPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Cramlington Hillcrest School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–18, located in Northumberland, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 125 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

<1%

Black

Mixed

Pupils

125

Total Pupils

80%Boys

20%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

64%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 125
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 1 December 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
6 Mar 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.