North Durham Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
County Durham
Unique reference
136745
Address
High Street, DH9 0TW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1000 (58% of total capacity)
Boys
50.2%
Girls
49.8%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.4%
Persistent absence
46.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.4%
Mixed 1.5%
Other White 1.2%
Other 1.2%
African 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Unclassified 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.79
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 27%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 35.9
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.98
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award41
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award24
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award32
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE18
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

North Durham Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
230
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
108
99
Year 8
198
94
104
Year 9
195
109
86
Year 10
208
103
105
Year 11
192
88
104
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
81.3%
85.6%
Further education
69.0%
45.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
11.0%
32.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
4.9%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
5.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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