Ofsted inspection · 06/03/2024
Overview of Highfield Middle School · All-through · Northumberland
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2022/23
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 55% | 6% | 66% | 20% | 70% | 11% | 72% | 21% | 89% | 70% | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 25% | 358 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 5% | 74% | 25% | 73% | 8% | 73% | 16% | 79% | 67% | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 22% | 402 |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 8% | 73% | 24% | 80% | 20% | 77% | 26% | 83% | 77% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | -1.90 | +0.10 | -0.70 | 21% | 398 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 358 | 16.4 | 25% | 2% | 34% | 6% | 15% |
| 2023/24 | 402 | 16.9 | 22% | 2% | 30% | 7% | 20% |
| 2022/23 | 398 | 16.8 | 21% | 2% | 29% | 7% | 19% |
| 2021/22 | 394 | 18.9 | 18% | 2% | 28% | 8% | 24% |
| 2020/21 | 402 | 16.4 | 18% | 2% | 25% | — | — |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.