Woodham Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4AX
- Distance
- 8.4km away
Sedgefield Community College
Hawthorn Road, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3DD
Local ranking6th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
975
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 23 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 189
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 981
- Boys
- 521 (53%)
- Girls
- 461 (47%)
- Capacity
- 975 (101% full)
- SEND
- 18.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.1%
- EAL
- 0.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 14.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 55.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,713/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.9% nat15.8%
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
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- White British: 93.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
93.9%
White British
1.3%
Mixed White & Asian
1.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hawthorn Road
Stockton-on-Tees, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 147670
- UKPRN
- 10085582
- Establishment No.
- 4231
- Trust
- THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
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