Whitworth Park Academy
Whitworth Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 7LN
Local ranking9th of 34 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1300
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 50.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.3%
- Entering EBacc
- 5.4%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0
- Cohort Size
- 148
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 986
- Boys
- 495 (50%)
- Girls
- 491 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1300 (76% full)
- SEND
- 21.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.3%
- EAL
- 3.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 19.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,842/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.2%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 94.5%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Black African: 0.4%
94.5%
White British
0.9%
White Other
0.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 145564
- UKPRN
- 10068491
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP