Hebburn Comprehensive School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D51
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hebburn, NE31 2QU
- Distance
- 1.1km away
St Joseph's Catholic Academy
Mill Lane, Hebburn, NE31 2ET
Local ranking2nd of 8 secondary schools in South Tyneside
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1490
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 27 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 207
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
81
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 161
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1357
- Boys
- 716 (52%)
- Girls
- 661 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1490 (92% full)
- SEND
- 16.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.4%
- EAL
- 2.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,303/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.6%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
92.6%
White British
1.1%
White Other
1.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139878
- UKPRN
- 10042275
- Establishment No.
- 4603
- Trust
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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