Hermitage Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- 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 ranking10th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1484
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
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
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.4 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 234
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
2024-25C+
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
- 861 (53%)
- Girls
- 756 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1484 (109% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
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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