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The Grangefield Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formStockton-on-Tees, North East · Stockton-on-Tees TS18 4LETrust: Northern Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,004of 1,050 places
Free school meals
45.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
202
Ofsted
Outstanding, 7 December 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Grangefield School and Technology College (URN 111753, until 15 May 2013).

What the data says

The Grangefield Academy has no sixth form. Of the 185 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 19% moved to a sixth form college, 58% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

13% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Stockton-on-Tees, with 51% 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 Stockton-on-Tees and England.

The Grangefield Academy
Stockton-on-Tees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThe Grangefield AcademyStockton-on-TeesEngland
Pupils in the cohort1852,269607,348
Any sustained destination83%89%92%
Stayed in education78%83%86%
— school sixth form1%14%34%
— sixth form college19%13%13%
— further education college58%54%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship2%3%3%
Employment3%3%3%
No sustained destination13%9%6%
Destination unknown4%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThe Grangefield AcademyStockton-on-TeesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)45.345.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths68%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects37%39%41%
EBacc average point score4.153.974.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort45%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.935.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.349.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%7%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language201100%89%19%20%68%
Mathematics201100%88%18%22%71%
English Literature201100%86%21%21%82%
Combined Science16883%65%13%9%61%
Geography11456%41%19%25%68%
French7537%18%9%29%88%
History5929%41%34%26%76%
Art and Design5025%7%18%24%74%
Physics3015%23%40%46%100%
Chemistry3015%23%43%47%100%
Biology3015%23%37%45%100%
Statistics2713%5%30%20%81%
Polish21%1%84%
Urdu10%1%42%
Spanish10%19%27%
Bengali10%0%35%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management47
Health Studies43
Sports Studies41
Hospitality / Catering Studies31
Computer Appreciation / Introduction27
Music performance: Group8
Speech and Drama6
Dance: General6

Other secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

Conyers School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,258 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Egglescliffe School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,512 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.4

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.