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Highcroft School

Mixed · ages 11–18County Durham, North East · Bishop Auckland DL13 5AGSchool website
Pupils on roll
13of 16 places
Free school meals
—
Year 11 cohort 2025
5
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Highcroft School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

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.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Where Highcroft School is

Other secondary schools in County Durham are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from County Durham’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in County Durham

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

All schools in County Durham →

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.