Highfield Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Prudhoe, NE42 6EY
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Prudhoe Community High School
Moor Road, Prudhoe, NE42 5LJ
Local ranking11th of 27 secondary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
860
Capacity
13-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 December 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 156
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 17.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
88
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 24.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 208
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 736
- Boys
- 332 (49%)
- Girls
- 348 (51%)
- Capacity
- 860 (79% full)
- SEND
- 13.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.6%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 46.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,516/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
- 11.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.6%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- White Irish: 0.3%
93.6%
White British
1.8%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 146926
- UKPRN
- 10084175
- Establishment No.
- 4369
- Trust
- CHEVIOT LEARNING TRUST
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