Report card · inspected Jan 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected 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
- 20 January 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 16 March 2022Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise, URN 114311
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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 entry117 applications · 89 places offered · 83 named it first
- 2026 1.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 0.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 0.9; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.2; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.2; County Durham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.1; 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 Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise (URN 114311), Fyndoune Community College (URN 114289), 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 | 89 | 117 | 1.3 | 83 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 89 | 148 | 1.7 | 82 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2024 | 93 | 117 | 1.3 | 67 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2023 | 98 | 105 | 1.1 | 60 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2022 * | 103 | 78 | 0.8 | 42 | 0.41 |
| Sep 2021 * | 82 | 75 | 0.9 | 43 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2020 * | 57 | 70 | 1.2 | 35 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2019 * | 46 | 65 | 1.4 | 36 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2018 * | 63 | 74 | 1.2 | 46 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2017 * | 53 | 62 | 1.2 | 35 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 65 | 1.1 | 41 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2015 * | 82 | 95 | 1.2 | 70 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2014 * | 56 | 74 | 1.3 | 52 | 0.93 |
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.) | 59 | 39.0 | 34% | 56% | – |
| 2024/25 | 50 | 37.4 | 22% | 44% | – |
| 2023/24 | 53 | 36.3 | 19% | 45% | −0.25 |
| 2022/23 * | 63 | 35.0 | 13% | 38% | −0.78 |
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
- Durham AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place 56.3Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 56.5Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · County DurhamRemains Good20241.6applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 8.3 km · County DurhamGood20242.4applications per place 50.1Attainment 8
- 8.7 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · County DurhamGood20231.8applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 46.8Attainment 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
- 149251 · 840/4192
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 693 pupils · 405 on roll
- Free school meals
- 59.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 January 2023
- Replaced
- Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise (URN 114311); Fyndoune Community College (URN 114289)
- Address
- Bracken Court, Ushaw Moor, Durham, DH7 7NG
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources