Woodham Academy 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 are good. The school inspection was carried out on 10/05/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Washington Crescent, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4AX
Website: http://www.woodham.org.uk
Telephone: 01325300328
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: County Durham
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Andrew Bell
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138717

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 10/05/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1312
Number of Pupils: 922
Number of Boys: 490
Number of Girls: 432

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.1 Confidence interval -0.13 to 0.33
Of the 119 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 118 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:45%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:49%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:49.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.47
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Central Avenue , DL5 5NP 		3out of 4 521 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Vane Road Primary School
Vane Road , DL5 5RH 		3out of 4 545 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Sugar Hill Primary School
Sheraton Road , DL5 5NU 		4out of 4 1,211 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Woodham Burn Community Primary School
Humphrey Close , DL5 4EX 		2out of 4 1,472 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School
Stephenson Way , DL5 7DD 		2out of 4 1,763 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

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

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe School
Cedar Drive , DL5 6UN 		- not rated 906 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Thornbeck College - North East Autism Society
Thornbeck College (Aycliffe Campus) , Cedar Drive DL5 6UN 		- not rated 1,052 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Walworth School
Bluebell Way , DL5 7LP 		3out of 4 1,888 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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