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Norham High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Foundation school
Alnwick Avenue, North Shields NE29 7BU · norhamhigh.org · 0191 814 3890
On the mapSearch near NE29 7BU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.7
- average Attainment 8 score. North Tyneside 46, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 498
- 96% of 520 places
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 63.6%
- First language not English
- 9.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 139 families put the school first and 78 places were offered; 55% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 78 | 139 | 1.8▲ | 55% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 87 | 138 | 1.6▲ | 62% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 96 | 97 | 1▲ | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 64 | 65 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 84 | 60 | 0.7 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.7, and 24.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across North Tyneside it was 46, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼24.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.57 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.3 | +2.9 |
| Further education | 80 | −7 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.4 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.1 | −3 |
| Activity not captured | 7.1 | — |
Ofsted
Norham High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 22 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Dec 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective May 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 26
- 8% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied