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Schools in Northumberland
This page shows schools and colleges ranked on the basis of their pupils' performance in A-level, AS-level and Key Skills exams.

The results are the average points achieved per student. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click the name of an institution for a page detailing its performance.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on VA for value added scores or GCSE to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
King Edward VI School, The 76 64 1003.2 346.6
Queen Elizabeth High School 72 65 1014.4 321
Cramlington Community High School 73 47 1007.1 265.6
Duchess's Community High School, The 58 46 990.6 254.7
Ponteland Community High School 76 54 1005 248.2
Prudhoe Community High School 59 50 981.7 239.2
St Benet Biscop Catholic Voluntary Aided High School 62 52 996.6 239
Astley Community High School 49 43 985.1 236.9
Longridge Towers School (IND) 100 100 1061.5 235.9
Haydon Bridge Community High School and Sports College 49 32 994 235
Berwick upon Tweed Community High School 62 24 1004.3 227.4
Ashington Community High School 41 30 984.1 208.9
Coquet High School 50 37 986 201.2
Blyth Community College 27 20 963.8 196.3
Hirst High School 31 19 976.3 185.3
Bedlingtonshire Community High School 52 43 986.1 181.5
Northumberland College NA NA NA 80.6
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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