Norham High School
Alnwick Avenue, North Shields, NE29 7BU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
- Executive Headteacher
- Mr Terence Richard Conway
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Tynemouth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 520
- Pupils on roll
- 498
- URN
- 108628
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01918143890
About this school
Norham High School is a foundation secondary school in North Shields. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 498 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 46 | 70 | 54 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.8 | 40.2 | 42.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.40 -0.01 to +0.80 | +0.20 -0.16 to +0.56 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 28.6% | 24.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 47.1% | 55.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 8.6% | 20.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Norham High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.8 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.2 | 35.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 42.7 | 36.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 364 |
| 2023/24 | 411 |
| 2024/25 | 456 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Norham High School compares
Norham High School ranked 8th of 12 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 48% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.7 | 8% | 63.2% | 498 | — |
| St Thomas More Catholic High School | 49.6 | 8.8% | 24.8% | 1,660 | 0.9 miles |
| John Spence Community High School | 41 | 9.5% | 49.1% | 872 | 1.4 miles |
| Monkseaton High School | 41 | 12.7% | 31.1% | 155 | 1.8 miles |
| Marden High School | 55.1 | 5.5% | 16.4% | 1,014 | 1.9 miles |
| Burnside College | 44.2 | 9% | 37.7% | 995 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 63.16%
- English as an additional language
- 13.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.04%
- Persistent absence
- 22.46%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Thomas More Catholic High School0.9 miles
Secondary · North Shields
-
John Spence Community High School1.4 miles
Secondary · North Shields
-
Monkseaton High School1.8 miles
Secondary · Whitley Bay
-
Marden High School1.9 miles
Secondary · North Shields
-
Burnside College2.0 miles
Secondary · Wallsend
Other schools in North Shields
Norham High School ranks 4th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in North Shields.
- John Spence Community High School Secondary
- Marden High School Secondary
- St Thomas More Catholic High School Secondary
- Sir James Knott Memorial Nursery School Nursery
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Collingwood Primary School Primary
- Cullercoats Primary School Primary
- Monkhouse Primary School Primary
- New York Primary School Primary
- Percy Main Primary School Primary
- Preston Grange Primary School Primary
- Riverside Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Norham High School teach?
- Norham High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in North Shields.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Norham High School?
- The executive headteacher of Norham High School is Mr Terence Richard Conway, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Norham High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Norham High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Norham High School?
- Norham High School has 498 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Norham High School full?
- Norham High School has capacity for 520 pupils and 498 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Norham High School a faith school?
- No. Norham High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Norham High School a selective school?
- No. Norham High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Norham High School?
- Norham High School is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Norham High School have?
- The schools register lists Norham High School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Norham High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.8 in 2022/23 and 42.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Norham High School rank locally?
- Norham High School ranked 8th of 12 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 48% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Norham High School's absence rate?
- Norham High School's overall absence rate is 8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Norham High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Norham High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.