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Schools in Northumberland

174 schools in the Northumberland local authority.

Schools

174

Open schools

Pupils

43,653

2025–26 census

Good or better

95%

141 of 149 graded

Academic Performance

4.9

out of 10 · 155 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
13 9%
Good
128 86%
Requires improvement
8 5%
Inadequate
0 0%
9 inspected since 2024, no overall grade14 superseded by a report card16 not judged
4.9
Academic Performance

Averaged over 155 of 174 schools that can be scored

Pupils

43,653

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 172 of 174 schools (43,653 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
93%
Asian
2%
Black
1%
Mixed
2%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
<1%

Ethnicity from 166 of 174 schools (43,020 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
24.0%

10,330 of 43,020 pupils · 166 of 174 schools

First language not English
3.3%

1,427 of 43,020 pupils · 166 of 174 schools

Young carers
<1%

266 of 43,020 pupils · 166 of 174 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
128
Secondary
30
All-through
1
Special
11
PRU
1
Not recorded
3

Top primary schools in Northumberland

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Northumberland

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 174 schools in Northumberland — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Northumberland

How many schools are there in Northumberland?
Northumberland has 174 open schools — 128 primary, 30 secondary, 11 special, teaching 43,653 pupils in total.
How many schools in Northumberland are rated Good or Outstanding?
141 of the 149 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 95% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 13 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 174: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Northumberland?
4.9 out of 10, averaged across the 155 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Northumberland schools have no Ofsted rating?
25 schools in Northumberland currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Northumberland local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Northumberland covers 174 schools and sits in the North East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Northumberland are eligible for free school meals?
24.0% — 10,330 of 43,020 pupils at the 166 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the North East region.