Latest Ofsted
Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
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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.
School details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Phase
- Not applicable
- URN · DfE number
- 151483 · 840/7000
- Capacity
- 75 pupils · 64 on roll
- Free school meals
- 78.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2025
- Replaced
- The Meadows School (URN 131905)
- Address
- Whitworth Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 7QW
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources