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Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formStockton-on-Tees, North East · Stockton-on-Tees TS19 8TFTrust: Outwood Grange Academies TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
580of 600 places
Free school meals
51.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
95
Ofsted
Inspected, 7 January 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Bishopsgarth School (URN 111733, until 17 July 2016).

What the data says

Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth has no sixth form. Of the 74 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 18% moved to a sixth form college, 49% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

20% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 31.1 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Stockton-on-Tees, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

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.

Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
Stockton-on-Tees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureOutwood Academy BishopsgarthStockton-on-TeesEngland
Pupils in the cohort742,269607,348
Any sustained destination72%89%92%
Stayed in education68%83%86%
— school sixth form0%14%34%
— sixth form college18%13%13%
— further education college49%54%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship3%3%3%
Employment1%3%3%
No sustained destination20%9%6%
Destination unknown8%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureOutwood Academy BishopsgarthStockton-on-TeesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)31.145.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths28%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths43%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects10%39%41%
EBacc average point score2.543.974.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort57%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils25.035.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils39.149.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language6%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 Language9499%89%10%20%48%
Mathematics9196%88%8%22%56%
English Literature9095%86%4%21%47%
Combined Science4547%65%0%9%49%
Biology3840%23%8%45%39%
Geography3739%41%8%25%49%
Art and Design2324%7%4%24%22%
Physics2223%23%14%46%68%
History2122%41%19%26%67%
Computer Science1920%13%0%30%42%
Chemistry1516%23%27%47%100%
French66%18%33%29%83%
German44%5%33%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies45
Hospitality / Catering Studies36
Childcare Skills11
Music performance: Group3

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.