Ferryhill School
Merrington Road, Ferryhill, DL17 8RW
Local ranking21st of 34 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
915
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 31.2%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2
- Cohort Size
- 125
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 731
- Boys
- 369 (50%)
- Girls
- 362 (50%)
- Capacity
- 915 (80% full)
- SEND
- 23.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 46.8%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 21.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,523/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 95.0%
- White Other: 1.2%
- Other: 1.2%
- Black Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
- White Irish: 0.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.1%
95.0%
White British
1.2%
White Other
1.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145253
- UKPRN
- 10067542
- Establishment No.
- 4150
- Trust
- EDEN LEARNING TRUST