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Secondary · DL5 · Newton Aycliffe

Woodham Academy

Washington Crescent, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4AX

EDEN LEARNING TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance93.8%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.09
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils1071

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Good overall grade — see the full report for latest area judgements.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (8 Mar 2016).

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in DL5. Where we have them, council (County Durham) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1071
Free school meals
37.5%
1.9% below district average (39.4%)

Also: County Durham 31.3% · England 25.8%

SEN
18.3%
7.9% below district average (26.2%)

Also: County Durham 15.8% · England 16.5%

EAL
4.1%
1.6% below district average (5.7%)
Attendance
93.8%
0.4% below district average (94.2%)

Also: County Durham 91.5% · England 91.9%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the DL5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is 2023/24 because the latest year is not published yet. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

13.7%

8.2% below England (21.9%)

Progress 82023/24

+0.09

0.09 above England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

48.2

1.5 above England (46.7)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

46.2%

Same as England (46.2%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

65.5%

0.4% below England (65.9%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

53.8%

12.7% above England (41.1%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

4.35

0.2 above England (4.14)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 95.9%
    2020/21
  • 90.1%
    2021/22
  • 92%
    2022/23
  • 91.7%
    2023/24
  • 91.9%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
1306
Pupils on roll
1071

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the County Durham page.

SEN support

SEN %
18.3%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · PD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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  • Methodology · Data updates