UK Schools
Norham High School
Norham High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in North Shields, North Tyneside Council, teaching 498 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in March 2022. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 42.7 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 21 holidays and 3 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Norham High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Norham High School.
- 1 School INSET Day (School closed to pupils)
- 2 School INSET Day (School closed to pupils)
- 3 All students return to school
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 Return to school after Autumn Half Term
- 5 School INSET Day (School closed to pupils)
- 22–31 Christmas Holidays
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday: Two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms
- 25 Christmas Day (Public Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Public Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holidays
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday: Two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms
- 1 New Year's Day (Public Holiday)
- 5 Return to school after Christmas Holidays
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 Return to school after Spring Half Term
- 3–17 Easter Holidays
- 3–17 Easter Holiday: Two-week break between Spring and Summer terms
- 3 Good Friday (Public Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Public Holiday)
- 20 Return to school after Easter Holidays
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May)
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May)
- 1 Return to school after Summer Half Term
- 17 Last day of Summer Term
- 17 Summer Holiday: Six-week break between academic years
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August)
Key dates (2025–2026)
- All students return to school September 3, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Return to school after Autumn Half Term November 3, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holidays December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Return to school after Christmas Holidays January 5, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Return to school after Spring Half Term February 23, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holidays April 3-17, 2026 Holiday
- Return to school after Easter Holidays April 20, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Return to school after Summer Half Term June 1, 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Summer Term July 17, 2026 Term
- School INSET Day (School closed to pupils) September 1, 2025 Inset Day
- School INSET Day (School closed to pupils) September 2, 2025 Inset Day
- School INSET Day (School closed to pupils) December 5, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday: Two-week break between Autumn and Spring terms December 22, 2025 - January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday: Two-week break between Spring and Summer terms April 3-17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday: Six-week break between academic years July 17, 2026 - Early September 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Public Holiday) January 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Public Holiday) April 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Public Holiday) April 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday (First Monday in May) May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday (Last Monday in May) May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday (Last Monday in August) August 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Public Holiday) December 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Public Holiday) December 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Norham High School with North Tyneside Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 42.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school North Tyneside Council England
Attendance 22.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school North Tyneside Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 80% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school North Tyneside Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Norham High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Norham High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.