North Durham Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Stanley, County Durham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Durham County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
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North Durham Academy is a secondary school in Stanley, County Durham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2022. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2026 entry.
North Durham Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for Year 7 in 2026, as at 17 of the 28 other County Durham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- 2024/25: 32% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in County Durham.
- Year 7 2026 had 119 first-choice applications for 163 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the lowest of 29 County Durham secondary schools.
- 50.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest secondary schools in County Durham is 30.1%.
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
- High Street, Stanley, DH9 0TW
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 935 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2022
Strengths
- “Providing an ambitious and engaging curriculum that meets the needs of pupils is at the heart of what leaders do at this school.”
- “The changes leaders have made have improved the school substantially.”
- “As one pupil told an inspector, ‘Behaviour has improved allowing the school to prioritise learning’.”
To improve
- “However, some subject areas are not as well developed.”
- “In the past, the number of pupils who study all the subjects that make up the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) has declined.”
- “However, there are some instances where the use of this information to assist and help learning over time was weaker.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.8 | 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: 119 first-preference applications, 163 offers in total, 119 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.
- Tanfield School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hermitage Academy 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Park View School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Consett Academy 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Durham Academy 6.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Framwellgate School Durham 6.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham 7.4 mi Not judged Last distance published