Barnard Castle School
Other independent school · Mixed · County Durham
Newgate, Barnard Castle, DL12 8UN
59
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
558
Capacity used
Has space74%
750 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- David Cresswell
- Address
- Newgate, Barnard Castle, DL12 8UN
- Phone
- 01833690222
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward / constituency
- Barnard Castle · Bishop Auckland
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 114336
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 26% | — | — |
558 pupils · 750 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 41.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.82 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.55 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 1.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 1.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.76 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 79 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.14 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 20.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 76 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 79 | 28% | 68% | 91% | |
| English Literature | 72 | 26% | 75% | 92% | |
| Biology | 55 | 29% | 84% | 96% | |
| Physics | 55 | 31% | 71% | 93% | |
| Chemistry | 55 | 25% | 69% | 95% | |
| Spanish | 32 | 22% | 69% | 91% | |
| Geography | 26 | 46% | 85% | 92% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 26 | 23% | 58% | 62% | |
| Combined Science | 24 | 0% | 17% | 88% | |
| French | 22 | 27% | 82% | 86% | |
| Business | 22 | 27% | 55% | 68% | |
| Physical Education | 19 | 32% | 95% | 95% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 22 | 0% | 9% | 36% | |
| Mathematics | 17 | 12% | 59% | 71% | |
| Biology | 15 | 7% | 27% | 67% | |
| History | 15 | 7% | 20% | 40% | |
| Economics | 15 | 0% | 27% | 60% | |
| Geography | 15 | 7% | 27% | 60% | |
| Physics | 11 | 9% | 36% | 45% | |
| Business Studies | 11 | 0% | 9% | 27% | |
| English Language | 11 | 0% | 0% | 45% | |
| Chemistry | 10 | 20% | 30% | 50% | |
| Art and Design | 6 | 0% | 0% | 67% | |
| Computer Science | 6 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 10534: Barnard Castle School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 7 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | 0% |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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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.