Y6 Open Evening - Wednesday 17th September 2025
Doors open at 5:00pm so that your family can enjoy a sample buffet menu from our wonderful catering team.
The evening will then run between 5:30 pm and 7:30pm where we invite you to explore our newly refurbished facilities, meeting staff and pupils who can explain what life is really like at Norham High School.
Dear Parents & Carers,
It is my absolute pleasure to invite you to Norham High School’s Open Evening. Having joined this community in September 2019, it has been a privilege for me to work with the staff and pupils here, and to have received an Ofsted grading of Good for this community’s wonderful school, a place where ‘warm, genuine, friendly interactions between pupils and their friends or teachers are commonplace’ (Ofsted 2022).
We serve the community of North Shields with pride, determination, and strength. We have become the school of choice for many parents and carers who realise that we are the right place for their child to thrive. Indeed, this year we had more children due to join our school than we had places to offer!
Norham High School boasts professional-level facilities, these include:
All new fitness and dance studios (check out our videos on FB!)
Science labs
A new professional standard salon and construction yard / classroom
Food and technology labs with the latest equipment including 3-D printers and laser cutters
A theatre and of course our "apple" photography studio for those with a passion for the creative arts.
In addition to this, investment has seen the installation of:
An exceptional "Reading Room" (Luxury Library)
A fantastic dining cafe, all new catering services, an all new dining "common room" (exclusively for Year 11) with Year 11 kitchen and extended services provision. Furthermore, we have added a common room / break out space for our additional SEND provisions not to mention development of sports spaces for all and an outdoor classroom facility ("The Cabin"... which is simply stunning).
Our school’s new, innovative curriculum has accelerated pupil progress substantially. With ambitious and carefully sequenced study, many of our pupils are leaving with top grades at the end of Year 11 and they are taking up places at college and sixth form that will lead them onto university and industry. This new curriculum has transformed education in the classrooms of Norham High School. All of our pupils receive a Chromebook for the duration of their studies; teachers make use of these and our interactive displays to make learning exciting, challenging, and appropriate for all of our learners.
We look forward to meeting you - our new parents and pupils!
Terence Conway
Head Teacher