Hebburn Comprehensive School
About the school
Hebburn Comprehensive School is an open secondary school in South Tyneside.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 9 December 2025
- Published
- 25 January 2026
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 44.2
- South Tyneside
- 42.7
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- South Tyneside
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 43.90%
- South Tyneside
- 38.50%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 61.20%
- South Tyneside
- 60.80%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 39.80%
- South Tyneside
- 35.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.87
- South Tyneside
- 3.74
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
908
Girls
48.24%
Boys
51.76%
SEN support
18.06%
Education, health and care plan
1.10%
English as an additional language
5.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
49.34%
Overall absence
10.78
Persistent absence
32.22
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
125
Sustained education or employment
85%
Education
75%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
4%
Not sustained
10%