Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 23 June 2026Report card · 6 Strong standard
- 11 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry322 applications · 198 places offered · 201 named it first
- 2026 1.6; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.9; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.7; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; County Durham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.5; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.4; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; County Durham median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Sedgefield Community College (URN 114317), 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 | 198 | 322 | 1.6 | 201 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2025 | 189 | 342 | 1.8 | 235 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2024 | 192 | 380 | 2.0 | 250 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2023 | 194 | 381 | 2.0 | 266 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2022 | 191 | 346 | 1.8 | 222 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2021 | 196 | 367 | 1.9 | 252 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2020 * | 190 | 328 | 1.7 | 220 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2019 * | 196 | 368 | 1.9 | 259 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2018 * | 194 | 326 | 1.7 | 228 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2017 * | 195 | 288 | 1.5 | 219 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 * | 194 | 281 | 1.5 | 227 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2015 * | 191 | 270 | 1.4 | 220 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 * | 194 | 296 | 1.5 | 243 | 1.25 |
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.) | 189 | 52.4 | 55% | 69% | – |
| 2024/25 | 193 | 51.5 | 50% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 191 | 51.9 | 47% | 70% | +0.36 |
| 2022/23 | 192 | 54.5 | 57% | 77% | +0.59 |
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
- Sedgefield Community CollegeThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.5applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20221.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · County Durham20261.6applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · Stockton-on-TeesGood20231.5applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 10.0 km · Stockton-on-TeesGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 30.7Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20193.2applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · County DurhamGood202433.4Attainment 8
- 11.6 km · Stockton-on-TeesGraded · no overall grade20252.5applications per place 47.0Attainment 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
- 147670 · 840/4231
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 975 pupils · 982 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2020
- Replaced
- Sedgefield Community College (URN 114317)
- Address
- Hawthorn Road, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3DD
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources