North East
Independent schools in Northumberland
170 schools, 43,244 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 35.1.
Ofsted across Northumberland
Good101
Outstanding9
Requires improvement6
No overall grade54
116 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 54 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Northumberland
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longridge Towers SchoolOther independent school | Berwick-upon-Tweed | No grade | — |
| Mowden Hall SchoolOther independent school | Stocksfield | No grade | — |