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Hebburn Comprehensive School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Campbell Park Road, Hebburn NE31 2QU · hebburn.net · 0191 483 3199
On the mapSearch near NE31 2QU
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.2
- average Attainment 8 score. South Tyneside 42.7, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 857
- 86% of 1,000 places
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 50.1%
- First language not English
- 6.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 119 families put the school first and 151 places were offered; 100% 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 | 151 | 119 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 159 | 137 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 156 | 134 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 173 | 152 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 158 | 125 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.2, and 43.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across South Tyneside it was 42.7, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ●43.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ●39.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.87 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 2.3 | +1 |
| Further education | 69 | −4.5 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 7 | +3.1 |
| Employment | 1.8 | −2.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 14.6 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.7 | +1.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hebburn Comprehensive School on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
57% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (82 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 57%
- Positive
- 54%
- Replies
- 82
- 9% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on 30 parents (37%) whose child was bullied
based on 28 parents (34%) with SEND