Belmont Community School
Community school · 887 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4
Academy sponsor led
Staindrop Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 504of 675 places
- Free school meals
- 30.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 78
- Ofsted
- Good, 6 October 2021Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Staindrop School (URN 137234, until 30 September 2017).
What the data says
Staindrop Academy has no sixth form. Of the 61 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 38% moved to a sixth form college, 28% to a further education college and 18% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 18% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 38% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 5% 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 County Durham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Staindrop Academy | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 61 | 5,399 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 67% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 2% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 38% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 28% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 18% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Staindrop Academy | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.6 | 44.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 17% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.64 | 3.75 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.3 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.5 | 48.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 | 78 | 100% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 71% |
| Mathematics | 78 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 77% |
| English Language | 78 | 100% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 64 | 82% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 47% |
| History | 43 | 55% | 41% | 16% | 26% | 51% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 30 | 38% | 8% | 13% | 21% | 70% |
| Geography | 26 | 33% | 41% | 8% | 25% | 42% |
| Statistics | 25 | 32% | 5% | 0% | 20% | 64% |
| Art and Design | 20 | 26% | 7% | 10% | 24% | 75% |
| 3D Design | 17 | 22% | 2% | 18% | 16% | 47% |
| German | 17 | 22% | 5% | 12% | 33% | 76% |
| Chemistry | 14 | 18% | 23% | 14% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 14 | 18% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 93% |
| Physics | 14 | 18% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 86% |
| Astronomy | 2 | 3% | 0% | — | 29% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 73 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 17 | — | — |
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.