Secondary · NE47 · Northumberland

Haydon Bridge High School

Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR

Requires improvement

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedRequires improvement
Attendance93.9%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.58
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils392

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Requires improvement

Latest visit (Mar 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — achievement, attendance and behaviour and leadership and governance urgent improvement; inclusion, curriculum and teaching, personal development and wellbeing and post-16 provision needs attention. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NE47. Where we have them, council (Northumberland) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
392
Free school meals
29.4%
16.8% above district average (12.6%)

Also: Northumberland 23.2% · England 25.8%

SEN
18.8%
0.5% below district average (19.3%)

Also: Northumberland 16.4% · England 16.5%

EAL
1.2%
0.6% above district average (0.6%)
Attendance
93.9%
1.9% below district average (95.8%)

Also: Northumberland 91.8% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
13%
Progress 8
-0.58 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
35.1
Grade 5+ English & maths
13.7%
Grade 4+ English & maths
41.1%
Entered for EBacc
8.2%
EBacc average point score
2.92

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NE47 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2194%
  • 2021/2291.2%
  • 2022/2390.6%
  • 2023/2487.9%
  • 2024/2587.5%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
904
Pupils on roll
392

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Northumberland page.

SEN support

SEN %
18.8%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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