Parkside Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Crook, DL15 0QF
- Distance
- 13.4km away
Wolsingham School
The Grammar School Building, West End, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3DJ
Local ranking18th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
750
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 17 May 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 52.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 150
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
- 392 (51%)
- Girls
- 382 (49%)
- Capacity
- 750 (103% 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
*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
- 8.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.8% 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: 95.9%
- White Other: 1.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.4%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
- White Traveller: 0.3%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
95.9%
White British
1.5%
White Other
0.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
The Grammar School Building
Bishop Auckland, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 148109
- UKPRN
- 10086840
- Establishment No.
- 4139
- Trust
- ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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