The Academy at Shotton Hall

📍 Passfield Way, County Durham, County Durham, SR8 1AU

About this school

The Academy at Shotton Hall is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in County Durham, County Durham. The school has 1,164 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 9 July 2024. The Executive Principal is Alexandra Hook. The school is administered by County Durham local authority. It belongs to NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST. It opened in 1 February 2011.

School details

Executive Principal

Alexandra Hook

Trust

NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST

Local authority

County Durham

Gender

Mixed

URN

136451

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Academy at Shotton Hall are handled by the school or the local authority (County Durham). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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