Belmont Community School
Community school · 887 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4
Academy sponsor led
North Durham Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 935of 1,700 places
- Free school meals
- 50.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 180
- Ofsted
- Good, 21 June 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Stanley School of Technology (URN 114291, until 1 September 2011); Greencroft Business and Enterprise Community School (URN 114292, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Of the 173 pupils who finished Year 11 at North Durham Academy in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 54% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
20% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 38% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.8 against 46.1 across England and 44.1 in County Durham, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in County Durham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | North Durham Academy | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 173 | 5,399 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 75% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 65% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 54% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 20% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | North Durham Academy | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.8 | 44.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 7% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.21 | 3.75 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 51% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.2 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 43.4 | 48.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 4% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 178 | 99% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 58% |
| English Language | 178 | 99% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 55% |
| English Literature | 177 | 98% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 160 | 89% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 49% |
| Geography | 81 | 45% | 41% | 11% | 25% | 54% |
| Photography | 68 | 38% | 6% | 4% | 19% | 88% |
| History | 65 | 36% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 46% |
| Spanish | 33 | 18% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 73% |
| Design and Technology | 29 | 16% | 11% | 14% | 23% | 72% |
| Fine Art | 21 | 12% | 9% | 52% | 28% | 71% |
| Computer Science | 19 | 11% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 63% |
| Biology | 17 | 9% | 23% | 18% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 17 | 9% | 23% | 24% | 46% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 9% | 23% | 24% | 47% | 94% |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 43 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 35 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 30 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 25 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 24 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 18 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 10 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in County Durham
Bishop Barrington Academy
Academy converter · 599 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
Consett Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,493 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Dene Academy
Academy converter · 638 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.4
Durham Academy
Academy converter · 405 pupils
67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.4
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
Community school · sixth form · 1,667 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.