Graded inspection · Jul 2024 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry524 applications · 271 places offered · 277 named it first
- 2026 1.9; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.9; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.0; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2017 1.7; County Durham median median 1.7
- 2016 1.4; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.4; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 271 | 524 | 1.9 | 277 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 265 | 495 | 1.9 | 258 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 273 | 511 | 1.9 | 271 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 242 | 454 | 1.9 | 232 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 230 | 466 | 2.0 | 222 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 276 | 519 | 1.9 | 271 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 255 | 451 | 1.8 | 253 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 | 250 | 496 | 2.0 | 256 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2018 | 248 | 477 | 1.9 | 271 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2017 | 248 | 428 | 1.7 | 269 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2016 | 300 | 422 | 1.4 | 298 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 | 275 | 382 | 1.4 | 276 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 238 | 340 | 1.4 | 237 | 1.00 |
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.) | 225 | 55.0 | 56% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 194 | 52.2 | 53% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 221 | 51.7 | 50% | 76% | +0.58 |
| 2022/23 | 203 | 56.1 | 58% | 83% | +0.69 |
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
- The Academy at Shotton HallThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20241.9applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.5applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · County DurhamGood20231.7applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · County Durham20261.6applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · HartlepoolRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · HartlepoolGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 10.1 km · County DurhamGood20231.3applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 10.3 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136451 · 840/4215
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 1,202 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- Shotton Hall School (URN 114314)
- Address
- Passfield Way, Peterlee, SR8 1AU
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources