Teesdale School and Sixth Form is a secondary school located in Barnard Castle. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 19/06/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Prospect Place, Barnard Castle, DL12 8HH
Website: www.teesdaleschool.co.uk
Telephone: 01833638166
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: County Durham
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Daniel Pilling
Religious character: None
Admissions policy:
Unique reference: 144496

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 19/06/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 968
Number of Pupils: 677
Number of Boys: 344
Number of Girls: 333

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.4 Confidence interval 0.1 to 0.69
Of the 74 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 73 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:62%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:62%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:54.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.82
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Green Lane Church of England Controlled Primary School
Green Lane , DL12 8LG 		3out of 4 561 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Montalbo Nursery & Primary School
Fairfield Road , DL12 8TN 		3out of 4 635 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Barnard Castle
Birch Road , DL12 8JR 		4out of 4 1,084 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Teesdale School and Sixth Form
Prospect Place , DL12 8HH 		4out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barnard Castle School
Newgate , DL12 8UN 		- not rated 1,064 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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