Graded inspection · Sep 2019 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry257 applications · 81 places offered · 72 named it first
- 2026 3.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.8; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2020 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; 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 Greenfield Community College, A Specialist Arts and Science School (URN 114305), 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 | 81 | 257 | 3.2 | 72 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 98 | 248 | 2.5 | 91 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 98 | 222 | 2.3 | 93 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 * | 114 | 254 | 2.2 | 103 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 * | 125 | 232 | 1.9 | 71 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2021 * | 83 | 236 | 2.8 | 79 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 * | 87 | 219 | 2.5 | 81 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 108 | 250 | 2.3 | 106 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 * | 134 | 242 | 1.8 | 129 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 129 | 221 | 1.7 | 123 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 186 | 276 | 1.5 | 185 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 147 | 209 | 1.4 | 138 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 123 | 189 | 1.5 | 122 | 0.99 |
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.) | 105 | 37.7 | 29% | 52% | – |
| 2024/25 | 112 | 35.7 | 30% | 47% | – |
| 2023/24 | 136 | 37.7 | 22% | 43% | −0.50 |
| 2022/23 * | 155 | 39.5 | 27% | 52% | −0.79 |
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
- Greenfield AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20193.2applications per place 37.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.5applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · County DurhamGood202433.4Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.0applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · County DurhamGood20242.9applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20221.6applications per place 39.7Attainment 8
- 8.4 km · County DurhamGood20221.5applications per place 51.3Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · DarlingtonGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 39.8Attainment 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
- 149962 · 840/4176
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 950 pupils · 566 on roll
- Free school meals
- 62.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Replaced
- Greenfield Community College, A Specialist Arts and Science School (URN 114305)
- Address
- Greenfield Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LF
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources