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Bellingham Middle School and Sports College: data, trends and context

Bellingham Middle School and Sports College is a middle deemed secondary school in Northumberland. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
122350
Phase
Middle deemed secondary
Establishment type
Foundation school
Status
Open
Local authority
Northumberland
Region
North East
Postcode
NE48 2EN
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
46
FSM eligible
28.3%
EAL / First language other than English
0.00%
SEND (total)
30.4%
SEN Support
19.6%
EHCP
10.9%
White British
100.0%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
89.8%
Overall absence
10.2%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Severe absence
8.6%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
NorthumberlandLocal authority91.0%9.0%3.5%
North EastRegion90.7%9.3%4.3%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
19.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Bellingham Middle School and Sports College is a middle deemed secondary school in Northumberland. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.