Belmont Community School
Community school · 887 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4
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Parkside Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 833of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 43.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 174
- Ofsted
- Good, 19 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Parkside Sports College (URN 114296, until 1 March 2012).
What the data says
Parkside Academy has no sixth form. Of the 165 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.9 against 46.1 across England and 44.1 in County Durham, with 56% 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 | Parkside Academy | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 165 | 5,399 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 25% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 13% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Parkside Academy | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.9 | 44.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 32% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 | 3.75 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 24% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.2 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.1 | 48.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 172 | 99% | 86% | 23% | 21% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 171 | 98% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 73% |
| English Language | 171 | 98% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 154 | 89% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 58% |
| History | 114 | 66% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 59% |
| German | 56 | 32% | 5% | 41% | 33% | 86% |
| Geography | 54 | 31% | 41% | 9% | 25% | 63% |
| Photography | 21 | 12% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 86% |
| Graphic Communication | 18 | 10% | 1% | 17% | 23% | 89% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 10% | 23% | 47% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 17 | 10% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 17 | 10% | 23% | 59% | 45% | 100% |
| Art and Design | 16 | 9% | 7% | 31% | 24% | 94% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 7% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 62% |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 165 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 59 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 46 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 26 | — | — |
| Tourism | 18 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 1 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 1 | — | — |
Where Parkside Academy 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
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.