Greenfield Community College, A Specialist Arts and Science School is a secondary school located in Newton Aycliffe. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 11/05/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.2%, which is 3.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Greenfield Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LF
Website: http://www.greenfieldschool.net/
Telephone: 01325300378
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: County Durham
Headteacher / Principal: Mr David Priestley
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 114305

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 11/05/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1754
Number of Pupils: 818
Number of Boys: 407
Number of Girls: 411

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 20.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.51 Confidence interval -0.7 to -0.31
Of the 165 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 161 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:35%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:91%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:29%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:40.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.44
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Francis CofE (Aided) Junior School
Scholars Path , DL5 7HB 		3out of 4 541 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Horndale Infants' School
Scholars Path , DL5 7HB 		2out of 4 552 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Byerley Park Primary School
Greenfield Way , DL5 7LE 		3out of 4 712 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Garburn Place , DL5 7DE 		2out of 4 1,073 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School
Stephenson Way , DL5 7DD 		2out of 4 1,189 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Greenfield Community College, A Specialist Arts and Science School
Greenfield Way , DL5 7LF 		2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Woodham Academy
Washington Crescent , DL5 4AX 		3out of 4 2,858 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Walworth School
Bluebell Way , DL5 7LP 		3out of 4 1,105 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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