Woodham Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4AX
- Distance
- 2.6km away
Greenfield Academy
Greenfield Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LF
Local ranking30th of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
950
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 17 September 2019. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Greenfield Community College (URN 114305) since 1 September 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 37.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 105
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 643
- Boys
- 264 (47%)
- Girls
- 302 (53%)
- Capacity
- 950 (60% full)
- SEND
- 21.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 58.0%
- EAL
- 6.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.7%
- SEN Support
- 19.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,788/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
- 13.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 36.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- 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: 89.9%
- Black African: 2.5%
- Other: 2.4%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Black Caribbean: 0.5%
89.9%
White British
2.5%
Black African
2.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Greenfield Way
Newton Aycliffe, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 149962
- UKPRN
- 10092927
- Establishment No.
- 4176
- Trust
- ADVANCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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