Haydon Bridge High School

Foundation schoolSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Haydon Bridge, Hexham, NE47 6LR

Principal · Ms Kath Pigdon

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 7 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils392Capacity 904

OfstedReport cardInspected 20 January 2026

Free school meals29.4%

Report card from the inspection on 20 January 2026.

The school is in the category: Special measures.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Northumberland council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 39 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered40

Applications45

First choice39

First-choice offers39

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).