North Durham Academy is a secondary school located in Stanley. 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 04/10/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.1%, which is 2.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: High Street, Stanley, DH9 0TW
Website: http://www.northdurhamacademy.co.uk/
Telephone: 01207292180
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: County Durham
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Angela Sweeten
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136745

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/10/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1700
Number of Pupils: 985
Number of Boys: 461
Number of Girls: 524

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 16% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.36 Confidence interval -0.55 to -0.17
Of the 176 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 173 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:43%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:87%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:28%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.3
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oxhill Nursery School
Oxhill , DH9 7LR
3out of 4 1,536 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley
Front Street , DH9 0NP
- not rated 417 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
East Stanley School
Chester Road , East Stanley DH9 0TN
- not rated 504 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Shield Row Primary School
King Edward VIII Terrace , Shield Row DH9 0HQ
3out of 4 893 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Stanley Burnside Primary School
Mendip Terrace , South Stanley DH9 6QP
3out of 4 989 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
South Stanley Infant and Nursery School
Tyne Road , South Stanley DH9 6PZ
3out of 4 1,087 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
North Durham Academy
High Street , DH9 0TW
2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Tanfield School
Tanfield Lea Road , DH9 8AY
- not rated 1,318 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.