Secondary
Queen Elizabeth High School
Whetstone Bridge Road, Hexham, NE46 3JB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1299 of 1308 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- HADRIAN LEARNING TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 94.3
- Pupils per adult
- 13.7
- Pupils
- 1,287
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 April 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
53%
50.7
2nd 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 | 50.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.68 |
| Entered the EBacc | 64% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| A level average points per entry | 40.91 |
| A level students | 151 |
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 | 59% |
| 22/23 | 60% |
| 23/24 | 62% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.3 |
| 22/23 | 39.2 |
| 23/24 | 39.0 |
| 24/25 | 40.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0.00 |
| 22/23 | +0.21 |
| 23/24 | +0.27 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.2 |
| 22/23 | 52.7 |
| 23/24 | 54.3 |
| 24/25 | 50.7 |
Whetstone Bridge Road, Hexham, NE46 3JB
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
- Headteacher
- Graeme Atkins
- Address
- Whetstone Bridge Road, Hexham, NE46 3JB
- Telephone
- 01434610300