Tanfield School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B75
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stanley, DH9 8AY
- Distance
- 6.0km away
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester
Consett Road, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0RD
Local ranking9th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
1450
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 51.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.1 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 224
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 59.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
36.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
61
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 21.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 104
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1258
- Boys
- 625 (50%)
- Girls
- 633 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1450 (87% full)
- SEND
- 12.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.7%
- EAL
- 6.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 10.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 88.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,042/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 89.8%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- White Irish: 0.5%
89.8%
White British
5.1%
White Other
1.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138172
- UKPRN
- 10037433
- Establishment No.
- 4694
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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