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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 18 June 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry133 applications · 99 places offered · 94 named it first
- 2026 1.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.3; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.2; 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 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; County Durham median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Teesdale School (URN 137153), Teesdale School (URN 114303), 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 | 99 | 133 | 1.3 | 94 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 126 | 168 | 1.3 | 123 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 119 | 148 | 1.2 | 115 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 144 | 177 | 1.2 | 142 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 128 | 162 | 1.3 | 125 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 141 | 182 | 1.3 | 140 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 137 | 180 | 1.3 | 137 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 120 | 140 | 1.2 | 110 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2018 | 97 | 126 | 1.3 | 93 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 | 101 | 133 | 1.3 | 101 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 99 | 120 | 1.2 | 98 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 110 | 130 | 1.2 | 108 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 * | 73 | 93 | 1.3 | 71 | 0.97 |
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.) | 110 | 57.0 | 66% | 88% | – |
| 2024/25 | 120 | 49.6 | 49% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 123 | 53.4 | 61% | 81% | +0.27 |
| 2022/23 | 106 | 52.1 | 51% | 78% | +0.21 |
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
- Teesdale School and Sixth FormThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.3applications per place 57.0Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · County Durham20261.8applications per place 47.7Attainment 8
- 18.1 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 18.3 km · County DurhamGood20242.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 19.9 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 20.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.6applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 20.1 km · North YorkshireGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 20.1 km · North Yorkshire20262.0applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 20.5 km · DarlingtonGood20231.7applications per place 41.3Attainment 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
- 144496 · 840/4007
- Capacity
- 968 pupils · 684 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- Teesdale School (URN 137153); Teesdale School (URN 114303)
- Address
- Prospect Place, Barnard Castle, DL12 8HH
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources