North East
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in Northumberland
Sorted by Attainment 8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponteland High SchoolAcademy converter | Ponteland | Good 2023 | 53 |
| The King Edward VI SchoolAcademy converter | Morpeth | No grade | 52.2 |
| Queen Elizabeth High SchoolAcademy converter | Hexham | Good 2024 | 50.7 |
| The Blyth AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Blyth | No grade | 49.2 |
| Bede AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Blyth | Good 2024 | 48.9 |
| Bedlington AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bedlington | Good 2022 | 47.4 |
| Ashington AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Ashington | Good 2022 | 47.1 |
| Cramlington Learning VillageAcademy converter | Cramlington | Good 2022 | 46.7 |
| Prudhoe Community High SchoolAcademy converter | Prudhoe | Good 2023 | 46.6 |
| Seaton Valley High SchoolCommunity school | Seaton Delaval | No grade | 43.2 |
| The Duchess's Community High SchoolAcademy converter | Alnwick | Requires improvement 2021 | 43.2 |
| St Benet Biscop Catholic AcademyAcademy converter | Bedlington | Good 2023 | 41.3 |
| Berwick AcademyAcademy converter | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Requires improvement 2024 | 40.3 |
| Haydon Bridge High SchoolFoundation school | Hexham | No grade | 35.1 |
| James Calvert Spence CollegeCommunity school | Morpeth | Good 2022 | 34.9 |
| NCEA Duke's Secondary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Ashington | Requires improvement 2023 | 32 |
| Corbridge Middle SchoolCommunity school | Corbridge | No grade | — |
| Seaton Sluice Middle SchoolCommunity school | Whitley Bay | Good 2023 | — |
| Whytrig Middle SchoolCommunity school | Whitley Bay | No grade | — |
| Tweedmouth Community Middle SchoolCommunity school | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Good 2024 | — |
| Bellingham Middle School and Sports CollegeFoundation school | Hexham | No grade | — |
| Glendale Middle SchoolCommunity school | Wooler | Good 2024 | — |
| Berwick Middle SchoolCommunity school | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Good 2023 | — |
| Morpeth Chantry Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Morpeth | No grade | — |
| Morpeth Newminster Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Morpeth | No grade | — |
| Hexham Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Hexham | Good 2024 | — |
| Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Morpeth | Good 2022 | — |
| Highfield Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Prudhoe | Good 2024 | — |
| Ovingham Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Prudhoe | Good 2024 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, HexhamAcademy converter | Hexham | Good 2023 | — |