Norham High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · North Shields, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
0.47 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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Norham High School is a secondary school in North Shields, North Tyneside for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 March 2022. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Norham High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 0.47 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 24% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 42.7 (England 46).
- For 2025 Year 7 entry, the last child offered a place lived 0.47 miles away, the shortest of 9 North Tyneside secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Year 7 entry there were 139 first-choice applications for 78 offers, 1.8 first choices per offer, the highest of 8 North Tyneside secondary schools.
- 63.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.5% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in North Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Alnwick Avenue, North Shields, NE29 7BU
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 498 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 March 2022
Strengths
- “Norham High is a rapidly improving school at the heart of the community.”
- “Many people described the school to inspectors as ‘unrecognisable’ from its former self.”
- “Pupils are passionate about their school.”
To improve
- “While the curriculum is ambitious, there is still work to do to ensure that the gaps in pupils’ knowledge, skills and understanding are identified and addressed.”
- “It is clear that pupils have some catching up to do due to the impact of the pandemic.”
- “Despite leaders’ best efforts, there was some lost learning due to COVID-19.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 May 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 24% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 139 first-preference applications, 78 offers in total, 77 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- St Thomas More Catholic High School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchill Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- John Spence Community High School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Monkseaton High School 1.8 mi Not judged
- Marden High School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnside College 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Whitley Bay High School 2.9 mi Outstanding
- Longbenton High School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published