Hebburn Comprehensive School

State-Funded School

hebburn-comprehensive-school-south-tyneside-north-east

North EastRegion

South TynesideLocal Authority

Jarrow and Gateshead EastConstituency

NE31 2QUPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Hebburn Comprehensive School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in South Tyneside, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 857 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Dec 2025 · published 25 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 44.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 43.9%
EBacc average point score: 3.87

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

857

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

50%

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: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 857
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
29 Jun 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
30 Jan 2013	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.