North Durham Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D46
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stanley, DH9 0TW
- Distance
- 1.2km away
Tanfield School
Tanfield Lea Road, Stanley, DH9 8AY
Local ranking2nd of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
690
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 September 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 57.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 72.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 85.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 52.2% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 90
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 702
- Boys
- 374 (53%)
- Girls
- 328 (47%)
- Capacity
- 690 (102% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.8%
- EAL
- 3.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 14.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,212/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 95.1%
- White Other: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.1%
95.1%
White British
1.6%
White Other
1.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Tanfield Lea Road
Stanley, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 147894
- UKPRN
- 10085846
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- EDEN LEARNING TRUST
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