Belmont Community School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · County Durham
The Links, Durham, DH1 2AG
69
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
91%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.9%
24.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
887
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
91%
1st preference success rate
181 of 198 families who put it first got an offer
186
Places offered
270
Total applications
1.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 198 | 181 | ● 91% |
| 2nd preference | 31 | 4 | ● 13% |
| 3rd preference | 41 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 270 | 186 | 69% |
1st preference success by year
County Durham lets families list 3 preferences. 11 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Marsden
- Address
- The Links, Belmont, Durham, DH1 2AG
- Phone
- 01913865715
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward / constituency
- Belmont · City of Durham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114308
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
887 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
20 March 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 874 pupils
Attendance
91.9%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.1%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.15 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 68% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.44 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 59.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 71.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 92.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.03 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 142 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 141 | 31% | 66% | 77% | |
| English Language | 141 | 30% | 63% | 77% | |
| English Literature | 141 | 27% | 61% | 74% | |
| French | 129 | 9% | 36% | 55% | |
| Combined Science | 118 | 21% | 58% | 72% | |
| Geography | 82 | 23% | 55% | 65% | |
| History | 71 | 51% | 63% | 75% | |
| Art and Design | 46 | 54% | 83% | 98% | |
| Biology | 23 | 74% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 23 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 23 | 96% | 100% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 75% | 88% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through County Durham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.