Tanfield School is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in County Durham, County Durham. The school has 702 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 24 September 2024. The Headteacher is Steven Clough. The school is administered by County Durham local authority. It belongs to EDEN LEARNING TRUST. It opened in 1 May 2020.
Applications for places at Tanfield School 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)
57.5
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
+0.83
Progress 8 · 2023-24
72%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
86%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
4.95
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.