Staindrop Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 6 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
County Durham
Unique reference
144991
Address
Cleatlam Lane, Staindrop, DL2 3JU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
429 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
48.3%
Girls
51.7%
First language not English
0.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.1%
Persistent absence
33.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
29.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 96.7%
Irish Traveller 1.4%
Mixed 0.7%
African 0.7%
Other White 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.37
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 46.5
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.62
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award18
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE17
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE60
English LiteratureGCSE60
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
GeographyGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Staindrop Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
115
2nd preference
68
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
114
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
97
44
53
Year 8
94
43
51
Year 9
94
48
46
Year 10
88
47
41
Year 11
56
25
31
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
81.3%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
42.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
11.0%
34.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
29.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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