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
469 (55% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
0.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.6%
Persistent absence
28.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
31.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 95.5%
Irish Traveller 1.7%
Other White 0.6%
Mixed 0.6%
Other Asian 0.4%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 17%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.6
Local authority average 44
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award31
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE17
Art & DesignGCSE20
AstronomyGCSE2
BiologyGCSE14
ChemistryGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE78
English LiteratureGCSE78
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE30
GeographyGCSE26
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Staindrop Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
115
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
117
2nd preference
95
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
6
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
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
121
62
59
Year 8
95
44
51
Year 9
93
41
52
Year 10
81
37
44
Year 11
79
38
41
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
67.0%
80.8%
85.5%
Further education
28.0%
45.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
2.0%
31.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
38.0%
3.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
18.0%
5.2%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.8%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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