Haydon Bridge High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Feb 28 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Northumberland
Unique reference
122328
Address
Haydon Bridge, NE47 6LR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
423 (46% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
2.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.7%
Persistent absence
33.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.7%
Other White 2.6%
Mixed 1.2%
Unclassified 0.5%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.35
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.9
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.44
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE11
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE79
English LiteratureGCSE81
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE26
FrenchGCSE14
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Haydon Bridge High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
68
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
61
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
3
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
60
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
76
37
39
Year 8
71
37
34
Year 9
69
30
39
Year 10
79
50
29
Year 11
80
27
53
Year 12
25
13
12
Year 13
23
9
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
81.1%
85.6%
Further education
25.0%
34.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
49.0%
45.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
SP
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
10.0%
6.1%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
10.0%
5.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
38.0%
68.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
29.8%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
8.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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