Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry783 applications · 257 places offered · 328 named it first
- 2026 3.1; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 3.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 2.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 3.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 3.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 3.0; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.7; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.7; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2017 2.4; County Durham median median 1.7
- 2016 2.2; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 2.3; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2014 2.0; County Durham median median 1.4
- This school
- County Durham median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 257 | 783 | 3.1 | 328 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2025 | 260 | 780 | 3.0 | 309 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2024 | 263 | 774 | 2.9 | 364 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2023 | 258 | 800 | 3.1 | 366 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2022 | 262 | 785 | 3.0 | 347 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2021 | 262 | 773 | 3.0 | 355 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2020 | 265 | 745 | 2.8 | 333 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2019 | 266 | 724 | 2.7 | 334 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2018 | 264 | 706 | 2.7 | 313 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 264 | 622 | 2.4 | 324 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2016 | 263 | 586 | 2.2 | 341 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2015 | 237 | 533 | 2.3 | 314 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2014 | 232 | 460 | 2.0 | 274 | 1.18 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 263 | 56.3 | 66% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 264 | 55.2 | 62% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 259 | 56.7 | 68% | 80% | +0.18 |
| 2022/23 | 265 | 55.1 | 63% | 76% | +0.26 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place 56.3Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · County Durham20261.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · County DurhamRemains Good20241.6applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · County DurhamGood20242.4applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 8.6 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 9.5 km · County DurhamGood20221.5applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 9.7 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 114312 · 840/4200
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,700 pupils · 1,667 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Crossgate Moor, Durham, DH1 4SU
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources