Graded inspection · Sep 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 |
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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 entry215 applications · 117 places offered · 102 named it first
- 2026 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2017 1.4; County Durham median median 1.7
- 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.1; 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 | 117 | 215 | 1.8 | 102 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 174 | 271 | 1.6 | 130 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 175 | 283 | 1.6 | 159 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 163 | 280 | 1.7 | 146 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 196 | 365 | 1.9 | 225 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 220 | 344 | 1.6 | 223 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 203 | 306 | 1.5 | 195 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 195 | 318 | 1.6 | 193 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 169 | 238 | 1.4 | 161 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2017 | 146 | 208 | 1.4 | 142 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 186 | 221 | 1.2 | 186 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 160 | 183 | 1.1 | 156 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 | 147 | 202 | 1.4 | 146 | 0.99 |
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.) | 171 | 42.0 | 40% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 174 | 46.9 | 56% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 169 | 42.6 | 33% | 59% | +0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 165 | 48.7 | 46% | 62% | +0.02 |
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
- Parkside AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.8applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · County DurhamGood20221.5applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · County DurhamGood20242.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · County DurhamRemains Good20221.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · County Durham20261.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 10.1 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place 56.3Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 56.5Attainment 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
- 137903 · 840/4128
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 833 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2012
- Replaced
- Parkside Sports College (URN 114296)
- Address
- Hall Lane Estate, Willington, Crook, DL15 0QF
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources