Belmont Community School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Mar 20 2024 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Unique reference
- 114308
- Address
- Buckinghamshire Road, Belmont, DH1 2QP
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 823 (97% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.4%
- Girls
- 48.6%
- First language not English
- 5.1%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 32.7%
- Persistent absence
- 27.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.7%
White British 90.5%
Other 2.1%
Mixed 1.9%
Other White 1.6%
Other Asian 1%
Chinese 0.7%
Pakistani 0.6%
African 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.42
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.19
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 45%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 55%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 51.7
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.58
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | Technical Award | 31 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 32 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 11 |
| Tourism | Technical Award | 5 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 23 |
| Biology | GCSE | 13 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 13 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 2 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 11 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 9 |
Admissions
Belmont Community School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 163
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 175
- 2nd preference
- 45
- 3rd preference
- 31
- From another Local Authority
- 9
Offers
- 1st preference
- 155
- 2nd preference
- 7
- 3rd preference
- 1
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 25 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 179 99 80 |
| Year 8 | 180 96 84 |
| Year 9 | 178 90 88 |
| Year 10 | 150 77 73 |
| Year 11 | 136 61 75 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 82.0% 81.3% 85.6% |
Further education | 51.0% 45.1% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 30.0% 32.0% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 3.8% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 4.0% 4.9% 4.1% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 4.0% 5.4% 3.2% |
| Not in education or employment | 9.0% 7.7% 5.9% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.7% 1.2% |