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
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.6 |
| 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 Baccalaureate | 63.3% |
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)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 99 | 94 | 133 | 99 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 126 | 123 | 168 | 125 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 119 | 115 | 148 | 117 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 144 | 142 | 177 | 144 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 128 | 125 | 162 | 127 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 141 | 140 | 182 | 141 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 137 | 137 | 180 | 137 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 120 | 110 | 140 | 118 |
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
- Staindrop Academy 7.2 km · Good (2021) · previous system
- St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College 18.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Bishop Barrington Academy 18.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- King James I Academy Bishop Auckland 19.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Wolsingham School 20 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary Academy 20.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
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.