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Performance and Ofsted

This year we have had a fantastic set of GCSE and A level results here at Teesdale School and Sixth Form.

We are delighted with our GCSE results for 2024 where our performance is well above average at both local and national level. We are very proud of our progress score which indicates that students at Teesdale make above average progress from their starting points than their peers nationally.

KEY STAGE 4 Results 2024

Performance indicator

Teesdale - 2024

County Durham average score

National score 

Percentage of pupils who achieved a grade 5 or above in both GCSE English AND maths:

 

61%

40.6

45.9

Attainment 8 score:

 

(Schools get a score based on how well pupils have performed in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other approved qualifications)

 

53.4

44.2

45.9

English Baccalaureate (EBacc) average point score:

 

This measure is the average across the EBacc subjects for all pupils. It comprises the best result of either English language or English literature, maths, two grades from science, the highest result from either geography or history and the best result in languages.

4.91

3.79

4.07

Progress 8 score:

 

This score shows how much progress pupils at this school made compared to other similar pupils nationally between the end of key stage 2 and the end of key stage 4.

 

+0.27

-0.14

-0.03

The percentage of pupils that enter the EBacc:

 

58.5%

33.4

40.4

The percentage of pupils staying in education or going into employment after KS4:

 

91

 

93

 

2024 Key Stage 5 (sixth form) results  

In 2024, the average grade that students achieved is shown below, separately for A levels, academic and applied general qualifications:  

· The average grade is B- for academic qualifications.  

· The average grade is Distinction- for applied general qualifications.  

Teesdale Sixth Form destination figures (where students went on to) for 2024:  

·       Higher Education – 75% 

·       Employment or apprenticeship – 25% 

·       % of students who joined in Year 12 who completed the learning activities leading to the learning aims in Year 13: 94%. The 6% of students who were not retained remained in education or training at another establishment.