Secondary
Haydon Bridge High School
Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 392 of 904 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 36.5
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 423
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
- Sixth formNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
February 2024
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
July 2021
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
14%
35.1
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Hexham we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.92 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14% |
| A level average points per entry | 20.59 |
| A level students | 20 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42% |
| 22/23 | 44% |
| 23/24 | 21% |
| 24/25 | 14% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 35.0 |
| 22/23 | 36.3 |
| 23/24 | 25.3 |
| 24/25 | 20.6 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.75 |
| 22/23 | -0.35 |
| 23/24 | -0.58 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.4 |
| 22/23 | 43.9 |
| 23/24 | 38.4 |
| 24/25 | 35.1 |
Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Northumberland admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Kath Pigdon
- Address
- Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR
- Telephone
- 01434684422