Best Secondary Schools in Northumberland

We checked all 17 secondary schools in Northumberland and list every one: 16 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked: 17
Ranked: 16
Without a rank: 1

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score across Northumberland, and each school's town is shown. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Northumberland also has 139 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Northumberland.

Ranked secondary schools in Northumberland

Rank 1
The King Edward VI School
Morpeth, Academy, 1,426 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Attainment 8
52.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
57.9%
Rank 2
Ponteland High School
Ponteland, Academy, 1,536 pupils, inspected May 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
53.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
55.5%
Rank 3
The Blyth Academy
Blyth, Academy, 766 pupils, inspected July 2021
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
49.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
58.6%
Rank 4
Queen Elizabeth High School
Hexham, Academy, 1,299 pupils, inspected April 2024
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
50.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
52.8%
Rank 5
Cramlington Learning Village
Cramlington, Academy, 1,989 pupils, inspected May 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
46.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
46.9%
Rank 6
Bede Academy
Blyth, Academy, 2,030 pupils, inspected April 2024
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
48.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
47.7%
Rank 7
Ashington Academy
Ashington, Academy, 964 pupils, inspected March 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
47.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
49.3%
Rank 8
Bedlington Academy
Bedlington, Academy, 822 pupils, inspected September 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
47.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
44%
Rank 9
Prudhoe Community High School
Prudhoe, Academy, 680 pupils, inspected September 2016
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
46.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
39.2%
Rank 10
Seaton Valley High School
Seaton Delaval, Local authority maintained, 656 pupils, inspected January 2016
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
43.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
34%
Rank 11
St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy
Bedlington, Academy, 994 pupils, inspected January 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
41.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
31%
Rank 12
The Duchess's Community High School
Alnwick, Academy, 1,276 pupils, inspected October 2021
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Attainment 8
43.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
37.5%
Rank 13
Coquet Community School
Morpeth, Local authority maintained, 567 pupils, inspected June 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
34.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
23.5%
Rank 14
Berwick Academy
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Academy, 601 pupils, inspected February 2024
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Attainment 8
40.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
34.3%
Rank 15
NCEA Duke's Secondary School
Ashington, Academy, 980 pupils, inspected June 2023
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Attainment 8
32.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
20.7%
Rank 16
Haydon Bridge High School
Hexham, Local authority maintained, 392 pupils, inspected January 2026
Report card: Urgent improvement to needs attention
Attainment 8
35.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
13.7%

Secondary schools in Northumberland without a rank

Longridge Towers School
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Independent, 288 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
43.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%