Hermitage Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chester le Street, DH2 3AD
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Park View School
Church Chare, Chester le Street, DH3 3QA
Local ranking14th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1484
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 April 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 237
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
93
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 429
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1617
- Boys
- 850 (52%)
- Girls
- 781 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1484 (110% full)
- SEND
- 12.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.2%
- EAL
- 1.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 9.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,748/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 95.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- White Other: 0.6%
- Other: 0.5%
- Black Other: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
95.6%
White British
1.1%
Mixed Other
0.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Church Chare
Chester le Street, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 136971
- UKPRN
- 10034795
- Establishment No.
- 4047
- Trust
- PARK VIEW ACADEMY
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