Haydon Bridge High School

Term dates

We haven't checked Northumberland's term dates yet. See the school's website.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 39 families put this school as their first choice, and 40 places were offered. 39 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 20 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Special measures

Inclusion

Needs attention

Curriculum and teaching

Needs attention

Achievement

Urgent improvement

Attendance and behaviour

Urgent improvement

Personal development and wellbeing

Needs attention

Sixth form

Needs attention

Leadership and governance

Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 27 February 2024. Overall: Requires improvement

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Foundation school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

392 (capacity 904)

Gender

Mixed

Phone

01434684422

Address

Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR

Website

haydonbridgehighschool.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports