Corbridge Middle School

Corbridge Middle School demonstrates a strong performance overall, with pupils achieving highly across various subjects, consistently outperforming national averages in national tests. Attendance rates are also commendable, with most pupils attending regularly and enjoying their time at school. The leadership team has successfully established a positive learning environment where behaviour is well-managed, and pupils exhibit respect and kindness towards each other and staff. The school has undergone significant leadership changes recently, which appear to have positively influenced the school's direction and focus on student outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve highly, including those who are disadvantaged and have SEND.
• Strong attendance rates above national averages.
• A well-sequenced personal development programme fostering pupil wellbeing.
• High standards of behaviour and a positive learning environment.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND and those facing barriers to learning.
• Comprehensive careers education integrated within the curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• In some lessons, there is inconsistency in how well teachers check pupil understanding.

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 Corbridge Middle School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 11.4% 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, 4.0% of pupils at Corbridge Middle School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No 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 Corbridge Middle School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.1% 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, 17.7% of pupils at Corbridge Middle School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 8.7% 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 Corbridge Middle School received £7,148 and spent £7,164 for each of its 367 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £29,000 (-£80 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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What is Corbridge Middle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Corbridge Middle School is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Corbridge Middle School last inspected by Ofsted?

Corbridge Middle School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Corbridge Middle School have?

Corbridge Middle School has 367 pupils on roll.

What age range does Corbridge Middle School cover?

Corbridge Middle School for pupils aged 9 to 13.

What are Corbridge Middle School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Corbridge Middle School?

Corbridge Middle School is at Cow Lane, Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5HX.