Report card · inspected May 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected 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
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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 entry267 applications · 163 places offered · 152 named it first
- 2026 1.6; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.6; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; County Durham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; 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 Wellfield School (URN 114315), 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 | 163 | 267 | 1.6 | 152 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 164 | 253 | 1.5 | 142 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 | 195 | 278 | 1.4 | 184 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 * | 176 | 267 | 1.5 | 151 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 * | 190 | 262 | 1.4 | 175 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2021 * | 189 | 296 | 1.6 | 176 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 * | 185 | 281 | 1.5 | 172 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 181 | 280 | 1.6 | 155 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 * | 158 | 227 | 1.4 | 146 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 * | 125 | 174 | 1.4 | 113 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 148 | 171 | 1.2 | 131 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 * | 124 | 142 | 1.2 | 113 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 116 | 1.3 | 79 | 0.88 |
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.) | 152 | 47.3 | 50% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 164 | 47.8 | 52% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 167 | 48.9 | 53% | 73% | +0.30 |
| 2022/23 * | 168 | 45.1 | 36% | 62% | −0.20 |
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
- Wellfield SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · County DurhamOutstanding20241.9applications per place 55.0Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.5applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · County DurhamGood20231.7applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · County Durham20261.6applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · HartlepoolRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · HartlepoolGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 39.5Attainment 8
- 11.0 km · Hartlepool20262.1applications per place 46.3Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149739 · 840/4218
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,011 pupils · 862 on roll
- Free school meals
- 44.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2023
- Replaced
- Wellfield School (URN 114315)
- Address
- North Road East, Wingate, TS28 5AX
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources