Sedgefield Community College
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · County Durham
Hawthorn Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3DD
74
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
79%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.0%
13.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
982
Capacity used
Over capacity101%
975 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
79%
1st preference success rate
186 of 235 families who put it first got an offer
189
Places offered
342
Total applications
1.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 235 | 186 | ● 79% |
| 2nd preference | 67 | 3 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 40 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 342 | 189 | 55% |
1st preference success by year
County Durham lets families list 3 preferences. 57 applications came from outside the council area (25 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Fleming
- Address
- Hawthorn Road, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 3DD
- Phone
- 01740617777
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward / constituency
- Sedgefield · Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 147670
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 1% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
982 pupils · 975 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
11 May 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,007 pupils
Attendance
94.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
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 | 51.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.36 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.65 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 50.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 76.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 52.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.59 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 193 | — |
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 | 191 | 21% | 53% | 79% | |
| English Language | 191 | 24% | 54% | 76% | |
| English Literature | 191 | 27% | 72% | 88% | |
| Religious Studies | 148 | 34% | 70% | 84% | |
| Combined Science | 144 | 5% | 42% | 67% | |
| Geography | 101 | 27% | 61% | 74% | |
| History | 90 | 30% | 53% | 69% | |
| French | 67 | 9% | 52% | 75% | |
| Biology | 46 | 57% | 96% | 100% | |
| Physics | 46 | 50% | 98% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 46 | 50% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 46 | 22% | 57% | 87% |
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.