Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
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 |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 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.) | 154 | 33.4 | 18% | 40% | – |
| 2024/25 | 141 | 39.2 | 29% | 50% | – |
| 2023/24 | 121 | 36.1 | 20% | 44% | −0.99 |
| 2022/23 | 143 | 33.7 | 22% | 36% | −1.20 |
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
- UTC South DurhamThis schoolThis schoolGood202433.4Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20193.2applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.5applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · DarlingtonGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 39.8Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · DarlingtonGood20231.7applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 7.0 km · Darlington20261.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · DarlingtonGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · DarlingtonSome aspects not as strong20251.5applications per place 41.6Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · Darlington20261.7applications per place 50.7Attainment 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
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142894 · 840/4006
- Trust
- The Durham Utc Limited
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 421 on roll
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Address
- Long Tens Way, Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6AP
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources