Prudhoe Community High School

Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Northumberland

Moor Road, Prudhoe, NE42 5LJ

Website 01661832486

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

—

No council data

Attendance

88.8%

28.1% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

680

Capacity used

Has space

79%

860 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
Age range: 13–19
Gender: Mixed
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Annmarie Moore
Address: Moor Road, Prudhoe, NE42 5LJ
Phone: 01661832486
Local authority: Northumberland
Ward / constituency: Prudhoe South · Hexham
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 146926

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	20%	—	—
English as additional language	3%	—	—
SEN support	11%	—	—

49% boys (332)51% girls (348)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: CHEVIOT LEARNING TRUST

680 pupils · 860 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

23
06 December 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 538 pupils

Attendance

88.8%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

11.2%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

28.1%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

5.8%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.6%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

15%

20/21

29%

21/22

27%

22/23

28%

23/24

28%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	47.9	—	—
Progress 8 score	0.08	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	43%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	69%	—	—
EBacc average point score	4.10	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	30.37	—	—

Average grade: C (England B-)

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	46.6	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	39.2%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	70.8%	65%
Entering EBacc	39.8%	40%
EBacc average point score	4.03	4.1
Pupils in cohort	171	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.87

Other pupils

+0.26

Low prior attainers

-0.06

Middle prior attainers

+0.12

High prior attainers

+0.15

Girls

+0.16

Boys

+0.02

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	34.78	35
Average grade	C+	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	24%	17%
A-level students	88	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	170	14%	51%	77%
English Language	170	12%	48%	67%
English Literature	165	17%	58%	79%
Biology	162	12%	43%	67%
Chemistry	162	12%	41%	67%
Physics	160	13%	46%	63%
Geography	90	19%	61%	74%
History	77	31%	56%	71%
Physical Education	74	34%	61%	81%
Business	56	11%	46%	61%
Spanish	50	10%	36%	56%
French	40	23%	45%	60%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Sociology	30	7%	23%	37%
Geography	22	9%	27%	41%
Mathematics	22	23%	41%	59%
Chemistry	21	10%	52%	67%
Biology	17	12%	35%	53%
Psychology	17	0%	6%	47%
History	14	0%	7%	21%
Physics	13	15%	38%	38%
Religious Studies	10	0%	0%	30%
Physical Education / Sports Studies	10	0%	0%	20%
Computer Science	6	17%	17%	67%
English Language	6	0%	0%	0%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 14614: Prudhoe Community High School

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	≤5
Offers	0
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	0

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	51%	—	—
Apprenticeships	12%	—	—
Any education or training	53%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Northumberland council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.