Longbenton High School

Longbenton High School has demonstrated a solid overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating during its recent inspection, despite a previous grade of 'Requires Improvement'. The school is characterized by a caring environment where leaders have raised expectations, leading to improvements in both the quality of education and student outcomes. While pupils enjoy a well-structured curriculum that has been strengthened since the last inspection, challenges remain in behavior management, particularly with a minority of pupils who struggle to maintain focus in lessons.

Strengths

• The school provides a caring and supportive environment for pupils.
• Most pupils demonstrate positive attitudes towards learning.
• Teachers effectively use assessments in many subjects to check understanding.
• Support for pupils with SEND is effective, allowing them to make strong progress.
• There is a wide and ambitious curriculum offered, especially in Year 9 and the sixth form.
• The personal development program prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain.
• Leaders are ambitious and work collaboratively with staff to improve the school.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent behavior management by staff can disrupt learning.
• Too many pupils arrive late to school regularly.
• Assessment practices vary across subjects, leading to gaps in knowledge in some areas.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Longbenton High School attended 89.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 29.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 18.4% of pupils at Longbenton High School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 12 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Longbenton High School had 15.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.0% of pupils at Longbenton High School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Longbenton High School received £7,952 and spent £7,804 for each of its 995 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £447,000 (-£450 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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All schools in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne · North Tyneside local authority: places and applications

Longbenton High School is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust, which runs 29 schools. The nearest others:

• Benton Dene Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Benton Dene School Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Balliol Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Ivy Road Primary School Newcastle Upon Tyne
• Forest Hall Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Redesdale Primary School Wallsend
• Amberley Primary School Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Wallsend Jubilee Primary School Wallsend
• Beacon Hill School North Tyneside
• Burradon Community Primary School Cramlington

What is Longbenton High School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Longbenton High School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Longbenton High School last inspected by Ofsted?

Longbenton High School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Longbenton High School have?

Longbenton High School has 995 pupils on roll.

What age range does Longbenton High School cover?

Longbenton High School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Longbenton High School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 41.8, and 36% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Longbenton High School?

Longbenton High School is at Hailsham Avenue, Longbenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8ER.