Two Tynedale secondary schools have been ranked as one of the highest achieving educators in the North East, a new guide has revealed.

QEHS in Hexham has been ranked second as the best school below Durham Johnston Comprehensive School in The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.

Ponteland High School was ranked fourth.

The UK’s highest-achieving secondary schools are ranked by the first true set of post-pandemic examination results in the 31st edition of the guide.

The guide is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s top schools.

The fully searchable national database of over 1,000 schools by name, local authority, town and postcode, is available online from Friday, December 1 and as a print supplement with The Sunday Times on Sunday, December 3.

Here are the results for our area.

 

Helen Davies, Editor of Parent Power, said: “The educational landscape continues to be challenging across both the state and independent sectors, and this is the first true assessment of post-pandemic exam results. We believe these rankings – and all the additional information on offer in Parent Power – provide parents with a more reliable guide to academic achievement in schools today.

“The guide showcases academic excellence but also celebrates schools who may not be right at the top but are rising, innovating and helping pupils flourish. Being a teenager is hard enough, and the past few years since Covid have made life even harder. It is heartening to highlight the achievements of so many students and schools across the UK.

“This year Parent Power includes details on extracurricular clubs, wellbeing initiatives and school lunch menus – chicken katsu seems to be the dish of the day.”

Find out more thetimes.co.uk/schools-league-table