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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 16 September 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 19 November 2014Graded inspection: Good · as Ferryhill Business Enterprise College, URN 114299
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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 entry243 applications · 156 places offered · 134 named it first
- 2026 1.6; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.7; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.7; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; County Durham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; County Durham median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Ferryhill Business Enterprise College (URN 114299), 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 | 156 | 243 | 1.6 | 134 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 121 | 194 | 1.6 | 106 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 145 | 215 | 1.5 | 125 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 162 | 251 | 1.6 | 162 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 163 | 273 | 1.7 | 183 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 164 | 275 | 1.7 | 165 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 150 | 221 | 1.5 | 132 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 154 | 264 | 1.7 | 138 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 * | 136 | 230 | 1.7 | 117 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 * | 149 | 206 | 1.4 | 140 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 * | 96 | 123 | 1.3 | 86 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 103 | 129 | 1.3 | 93 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2014 * | 106 | 116 | 1.1 | 89 | 0.84 |
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.) | 151 | 39.7 | 22% | 47% | – |
| 2024/25 | 125 | 41.5 | 25% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 151 | 42.8 | 29% | 47% | −0.37 |
| 2022/23 | 134 | 42.3 | 30% | 49% | −0.36 |
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
- Ferryhill SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20221.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · County DurhamGood20221.5applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.5applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20193.2applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · County DurhamGood20231.8applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 8.2 km · County DurhamGood20242.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · County Durham20261.6applications per place 52.4Attainment 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
- 145253 · 840/4150
- Trust
- Eden Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 915 pupils · 727 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2018
- Replaced
- Ferryhill Business Enterprise College (URN 114299)
- Address
- Merrington Road, Ferryhill, DL17 8RW
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources