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Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham

Comprehensive

National rank

261

267

Rank last year

66.5^%

A-level

26.5^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Graeme Atkins

Attendance 91.7%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 6.6% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,287

Pupils on free school meals 14.2%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

12.2

26.9

27.4

A*/A

39.1

A*-B

66.5

Grade

9/8

15.2

11.3

9/8/7

26.5

What the school inspection says

“The school is a welcoming, supportive and positive place to learn. Pupils benefit from a rich and broad curriculum. They achieve well in national assessments and examinations. This is particularly the case in the large sixth form, from which many students go on to competitive courses at university. High expectations drive this achievement … The range of enrichment opportunities available to pupils is extensive. In March, 70 pupils from the school rowing club competed in the regional regatta. Students in the sixth form recently organised a political debate involving local parliamentary candidates. These opportunities support pupils to thrive.”

Inspection

2024

In detail *

Read the full report

*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

“Outstanding eagerness to promote good learning” has been the aim since 1599 at this coeducational school in Hexham, Northumberland. New buildings on the grade II listed site opened in 2021, providing open learning spaces and modern sports facilities, which are shared with the community.
Rowing is a strong suit at QEHS. The school shares a boathouse on the River Tyne with Hexham Rowing Club and crews compete in regattas across the country.
Clubs and activities range from knitting and crafts to robotics, Latin and a race club which designs and builds a car for an international tournament. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is offered at bronze and silver levels.
Arlo the cocker spaniel lends emotional support to anxious pupils. In 2024 QEHS won a silver award from the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools.

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admin@qehs.net

Telephone

01434 610 300

Website

qehs.net

Address

Whetstone Bridge Road, Hexham, NE46 3JB

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