Wolsingham School
The Grammar School Building, West End, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3DJ
Local ranking12th of 34 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
850
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 57.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 22.3%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9
- Cohort Size
- 130
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 743
- Boys
- 369 (50%)
- Girls
- 374 (50%)
- Capacity
- 850 (87% full)
- SEND
- 25.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.7%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 22.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,208/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.8%
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: 94.5%
- White Other: 1.5%
- Other: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.4%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
- White Traveller: 0.3%
94.5%
White British
1.5%
White Other
1.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 148109
- UKPRN
- 10086840
- Establishment No.
- 4139
- Trust
- ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP