The Academy at Shotton Hall
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B74
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Peterlee, SR8 1AU
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Wellfield School
North Road East, Wingate, TS28 5AX
Local ranking8th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1011
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 6 May 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Wellfield School (URN 114315) since 1 June 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 69.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 152
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Continued in education
- 75.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 914
- Boys
- 415 (48%)
- Girls
- 447 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1011 (85% full)
- SEND
- 18.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.0%
- EAL
- 2.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 26.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,823/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
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.3% 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: 95.4%
- White Other: 1.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.2%
95.4%
White British
1.3%
White Other
0.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
North Road East
Wingate, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 149739
- UKPRN
- 10092384
- Establishment No.
- 4218
- Trust
- CONNECT MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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