Graded inspection · May 2023 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry361 applications · 254 places offered · 233 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.5; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.3; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2017 1.3; County Durham median median 1.7
- 2016 1.1; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.1; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2014 1.0; 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 | 254 | 361 | 1.4 | 233 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 288 | 394 | 1.4 | 266 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 269 | 324 | 1.2 | 216 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 | 284 | 382 | 1.4 | 247 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2022 | 290 | 401 | 1.4 | 285 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 292 | 428 | 1.5 | 298 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 297 | 393 | 1.3 | 300 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2019 | 300 | 418 | 1.4 | 297 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 312 | 389 | 1.3 | 303 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 240 | 300 | 1.3 | 235 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 263 | 295 | 1.1 | 248 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 198 | 213 | 1.1 | 182 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 219 | 216 | 1.0 | 195 | 0.89 |
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.) | 261 | 47.2 | 41% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 252 | 44.2 | 44% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 271 | 44.2 | 38% | 56% | −0.20 |
| 2022/23 | 296 | 43.6 | 36% | 59% | −0.37 |
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
- Consett AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.4applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · County DurhamGood20221.6applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good202346.1Attainment 8
- 11.2 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2024
- 12.4 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2024
- 13.0 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 13.2 km · GatesheadRemains Good20241.5applications per place 49.8Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137638 · 840/4001
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,700 pupils · 1,493 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2012
- Address
- Ashdale Road, Consett, DH8 6LZ
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources