Academy sponsor led · Stockton-on-Tees

Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth

11–16Ages
580Pupils
SecondaryPhase
143146URN

Harrowgate Lane, Bishopsgarth, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8TF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.5 below Stockton-on-Tees median (2.3)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

128 applications for 70 places · 9th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

30.7of 90

Stockton-on-Tees 46.8 England 46.0

13th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 7 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement

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 hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.8applications per place, Year 7

0.5 below Stockton-on-Tees median (2.3) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

128 applications · 70 places offered · 67 named it first

2026 1.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.3
2025 1.3; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.1
2024 0.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0
2023 1.4; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.4
2022 1.4; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.5
2021 1.0; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.1
2020 1.5; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0
2019 1.2; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.9
2018 1.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0
2017 1.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.9
2016 1.2; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.8; as the previous school
2015 1.4; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.2; as the previous school
2014 1.5; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Stockton-on-Tees median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Stockton-on-Tees median

Dashed bars: as Bishopsgarth School (URN 111733), the previous school.

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	70	128	1.8	67	0.96
Sep 2025	101	133	1.3	89	0.88
Sep 2024	159	122	0.8	63	0.40
Sep 2023	131	188	1.4	100	0.76
Sep 2022	127	175	1.4	98	0.77
Sep 2021	114	111	1.0	73	0.64
Sep 2020	83	120	1.5	63	0.76
Sep 2019	103	121	1.2	73	0.71
Sep 2018	66	104	1.6	53	0.80
Sep 2017	56	103	1.8	50	0.89
Sep 2016 *	108	132	1.2	98	0.91
Sep 2015 *	109	156	1.4	103	0.94
Sep 2014 *	88	131	1.5	83	0.94

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

123 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)30.713th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees 46.8 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths21%13th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees 51% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%

Stockton-on-Tees 68% England 66%

This school
Stockton-on-Tees median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.88

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	123	30.7	21%	49%	–
2024/25	95	31.1	28%	43%	–
2023/24	105	32.1	26%	44%	−0.88
2022/23	74	28.2	15%	28%	−1.18

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

Outwood Academy BishopsgarthThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 30.7Attainment 8
Our Lady & St. Bede Catholic Academy
1.6 km · Stockton-on-Tees

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
The Grangefield Academy
2.2 km · Stockton-on-Tees

Outstanding2022

2.3applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy
2.4 km · Stockton-on-Tees

Good2022

2.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
North Shore Academy
3.7 km · Stockton-on-Tees

2026

1.7applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
Northfield School and Sports College
5.3 km · Stockton-on-Tees

Good2023

1.5applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
6.3 km · Stockton-on-Tees

2026

1.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
Thornaby Academy
6.5 km · Stockton-on-Tees

2026

1.7applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
Macmillan Academy
6.7 km · Middlesbrough

Good2022

3.7applications per place 43.3Attainment 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: 143146 · 808/4007
Trust: Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Capacity: 600 pupils · 580 on roll
Free school meals: 51.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Opened: 1 November 2016
Replaced: Bishopsgarth School (URN 111733)
Address: Harrowgate Lane, Bishopsgarth, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8TF
Local authority: Stockton-on-Tees

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources