Belmont Community School
Community school · 887 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4
Academy sponsor led
Whitworth Park Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 996of 1,300 places
- Free school meals
- 37.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 148
- Ofsted
- Good, 5 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Whitworth Park School and Sixth Form College (URN 114300, until 28 February 2018).
What the data says
Whitworth Park Academy has no sixth form. Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 12% started an apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are a real route from here: 12% of leavers started one, roughly three times the England figure of 3%.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 41% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.4 against 46.1 across England and 44.1 in County Durham, with 55% 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 | Whitworth Park Academy | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 147 | 5,399 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 73% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 18% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Whitworth Park Academy | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.4 | 44.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 5% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.95 | 3.75 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.3 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.8 | 48.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 3% | 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 Language | 148 | 100% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 72% |
| Mathematics | 148 | 100% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 72% |
| English Literature | 148 | 100% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 131 | 89% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 56% |
| History | 108 | 73% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 50% |
| Photography | 61 | 41% | 6% | 28% | 19% | 100% |
| Geography | 53 | 36% | 41% | 36% | 25% | 77% |
| Art and Design | 25 | 17% | 7% | 20% | 24% | 100% |
| Biology | 17 | 11% | 23% | 53% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 17 | 11% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 17 | 11% | 23% | 35% | 46% | 100% |
| 3D Design | 16 | 11% | 2% | 44% | 16% | 100% |
| Music | 8 | 5% | 5% | 50% | 33% | 100% |
| French | 8 | 5% | 18% | 63% | 29% | 100% |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 141 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 51 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 38 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 33 | — | — |
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.