Teesdale School and Sixth Form

Prospect Place, Barnard Castle, DL12 8HH

684 pupils · 71% of 968 capacity

Phase
Secondary
Type
Academy sponsor led
Ages
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Trust
NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST
Local authority
County Durham
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
16.9%

Ofsted

Standards maintained (2025)Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 5 March 2025, published 1 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Attainment 8 score49.6
Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass)49.2%
Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass)71.7%
Entering the English Baccalaureate63.3%

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry999413399
Sept 2025 entry126123168125
Sept 2024 entry119115148117
Sept 2023 entry144142177144
Sept 2022 entry128125162127
Sept 2021 entry141140182141
Sept 2020 entry137137180137
Sept 2019 entry120110140118

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.