Haydon Bridge High School

State-Funded School

haydon-bridge-high-school-northumberland-north-east

North EastRegion

NorthumberlandLocal Authority

HexhamConstituency

NE47 6LRPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Haydon Bridge High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Northumberland, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 392 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 23 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention
Post-16 provision
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 35.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 13.7%
EBacc average point score: 2.92

Ethnicity

White

98%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

392

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

29%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 392
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
12 Jun 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
30 Sept 2021	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
24 May 2018	Inadequate	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

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.