Queen Elizabeth High School
Secondary schoolQueen Elizabeth High School is a secondary school in Northumberland, for pupils aged 13 to 18. It had 1,299 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), April 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 30 April 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Queen Elizabeth High School was 49.4, against 42.8 in Northumberland and 46.2 in England.
52.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.4 | 42.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52.9% | 41.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74.5% | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 310 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, HexhamSecondary. School remains Good, October 2023. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)220 m
- The Sele First SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2022770 m
- St Mary's Catholic First School, HexhamPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023770 m
- Hexham Middle SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, April 2024. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Hexham First SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met1.9 km
- Hexham Priory SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, February 20232 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Northumberland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).