Haydon Bridge High School
Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR
392 pupils · 43% of 904 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 29.4%
Ofsted
Needs attention (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
| Post-16 | Needs attention |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 20 January 2026, published 23 March 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 35.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 13.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 41.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 8.2% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 40 | 39 | 45 | 40 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 53 | 52 | 58 | 53 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 68 | 61 | 75 | 68 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 68 | 63 | 71 | 68 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 63 | 60 | 67 | 63 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 61 | 60 | 66 | 61 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 65 | 63 | 69 | 65 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 39 | 39 | 44 | 39 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Queen Elizabeth High School 8.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Samuel King's School 21.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Prudhoe Community High School 25.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Consett Academy 30.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Thorp Academy 30.6 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- William Howard School 31.6 km · Standards maintained (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.