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Sedgefield Community College

📍 Hawthorn Road, Sedgefield, County Durham, County Durham, TS21 3DD

Ofsted: Outstanding (11 May 2022)
981
Pupils
24.9%
Free school meals
1 March 2020
Opened

About this school

Sedgefield Community College is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in County Durham, County Durham. The school has 981 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 11 May 2022. The Headteacher is Paul Fleming. The school is administered by County Durham local authority. It belongs to THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST. It opened in 1 March 2020.

School details

Headteacher
Paul Fleming
Trust
THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
Local authority
County Durham
Gender
Mixed
URN
147670

Admissions

Applications for places at Sedgefield Community College 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)

51.5
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.36
Progress 8 · 2023-24
50%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
77%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.59
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
52%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
  • 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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