Corbridge Middle School, Corbridge

Ofsted's report card from its 10 February 2026 inspection grades Corbridge Middle School on 6 areas: 3 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve highly, including pupils who are disadvantaged and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND)."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance is consistently above national averages."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils access a well-sequenced personal development programme."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the quality of the curriculum and teaching and have accurately identified areas to make improvements."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders know their pupils very well."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "There have been some significant changes to leadership in recent years, including the appointments of the headteacher and special educational needs coordinator."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed their strategy, including through staff training, to ensure that all disadvantaged pupils are supported by high-quality teaching"; "Leaders should ensure that all teachers accurately determine what pupils have remembered over time, in order to make highly effective choices about what to teach and when".

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Corbridge Middle School reached the expected standard in reading and 88% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 72% in Northumberland and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 81% in reading and 83% in maths in 2024.

Across Northumberland, 96% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Northumberland lodged 73 appeals against secondary school offers; 54 reached a hearing and 21 succeeded (38.9% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Corbridge Middle School are Hexham Middle School (3.1 miles, Good); Queen Elizabeth High School (3.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.4); and St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham (3.9 miles).

105 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Corbridge Middle School (as of April 2026): 87% would recommend the school, 80% say their child is happy there and 68% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (87%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (68%).

10.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 0.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 65 pupils (17.7%) received SEN support and 32 (8.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Railway station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Middle School (nb), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 6 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Northumberland (44).

In 2024/25, Corbridge Middle School issued 20 suspensions, 5.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.