Hermitage Academy
Waldridge Lane, Chester le Street, DH2 3AD
Local ranking8th of 34 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.1
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 43.1%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.9%
- Entering EBacc
- 64.7%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4
- Cohort Size
- 153
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 46.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 31.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.1
Avg Points/Entry
31.6
Best 3 A-Levels
42
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.7%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 63
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 932
- Boys
- 457 (49%)
- Girls
- 475 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (89% full)
- SEND
- 15.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.2%
- EAL
- 2.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.5%
- SEN Support
- 13.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,965/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.0%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.7%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Black African: 1.5%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Other: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
90.7%
White British
2.0%
Asian Indian
1.5%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Waldridge Lane
Chester le Street, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 147531
- UKPRN
- 10084301
- Establishment No.
- 4010
- Trust
- NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST