Belmont Community School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Durham, County Durham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.84 miles
Published by Durham County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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Belmont Community School is a secondary school in Durham, County Durham for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
Belmont Community School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.84 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.84 miles away, the 5th longest of 9 County Durham secondary schools with a published 2026 last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 212 first-choice applications for 185 offers: 180 offers went to first-choice families, and 32 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%); Attainment 8 score 53.4 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other County Durham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Links, Belmont, Durham, DH1 2AG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 887 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Belmont Community School benefit greatly from a high-quality education.”
- “The ‘Belmont Way’ places a clear and simple emphasis on doing the right thing.”
- “Pupils understand this expectation and rise to it.”
To improve
- “In some lessons, pupils do not get consistent opportunities to be independent in their learning.”
- “The impact of these strategies is variable for those pupils who are persistently absent from school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 59% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 53.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 212 first-preference applications, 185 offers in total, 180 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in County Durham.
- St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Framwellgate School Durham 2.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Durham Johnston Comprehensive School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Durham Academy 4.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Park View School 5.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hermitage Academy 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Easington Academy 6.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wellfield School 7.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published