{"url":"/school/136745/north-durham-academy","urn":136745,"name":"North Durham Academy","phase":"secondary","type":"Academy sponsor led","local_authority":"County Durham","address":{"line1":"High Street","town":"Stanley","postcode":"DH9 0TW","latitude":54.871566,"longitude":-1.690687},"ofsted":{"current_category_of_concern":null,"inspections":[{"framework":"oeif","framework_label":"Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework)","inspection_date":"2022-06-21","overall_effectiveness":"Good","category_of_concern":null,"note":"The current framework awards no overall grade; a previous-framework grade is not a school's current one."}]},"demand":{"entry_point":"year_7","measure":"first preferences expressed divided by offers made","not_a_prediction":"It describes demand. It does not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.","movement":{"headline":"Fewer families are naming it first","earlier_span":"2021–2022","later_span":"2024–2025","earlier_ratio":0.81,"later_ratio":0.66,"years_used":5},"by_year":[{"intake_year":2025,"first_preferences":138,"all_preferences":248,"offers_made":187,"first_preferences_per_place":0.74,"national_percentile":19.0},{"intake_year":2024,"first_preferences":134,"all_preferences":253,"offers_made":230,"first_preferences_per_place":0.58,"national_percentile":9.0},{"intake_year":2023,"first_preferences":142,"all_preferences":245,"offers_made":202,"first_preferences_per_place":0.7,"national_percentile":18.0},{"intake_year":2022,"first_preferences":167,"all_preferences":284,"offers_made":208,"first_preferences_per_place":0.8,"national_percentile":26.0},{"intake_year":2021,"first_preferences":184,"all_preferences":298,"offers_made":224,"first_preferences_per_place":0.82,"national_percentile":30.0},{"intake_year":2020,"first_preferences":201,"all_preferences":326,"offers_made":218,"first_preferences_per_place":0.92,"national_percentile":43.0},{"intake_year":2019,"first_preferences":167,"all_preferences":296,"offers_made":216,"first_preferences_per_place":0.77,"national_percentile":24.0},{"intake_year":2018,"first_preferences":124,"all_preferences":210,"offers_made":134,"first_preferences_per_place":0.93,"national_percentile":43.0},{"intake_year":2017,"first_preferences":121,"all_preferences":212,"offers_made":145,"first_preferences_per_place":0.83,"national_percentile":29.0},{"intake_year":2016,"first_preferences":150,"all_preferences":207,"offers_made":156,"first_preferences_per_place":0.96,"national_percentile":52.0},{"intake_year":2015,"first_preferences":221,"all_preferences":273,"offers_made":224,"first_preferences_per_place":0.99,"national_percentile":59.0},{"intake_year":2014,"first_preferences":200,"all_preferences":256,"offers_made":215,"first_preferences_per_place":0.93,"national_percentile":42.0}]},"results":{"note":"Withheld figures appear as null, never zero. Progress measures are estimates published with a 95% interval.","key_stage_4":[{"academic_year":2024,"attainment8":39.8,"progress8":null,"progress8_confidence_interval":null,"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":51.1,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":4.4},{"academic_year":2023,"attainment8":39.8,"progress8":-0.43,"progress8_confidence_interval":[-0.63,-0.22],"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":48.1,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":7.4},{"academic_year":2022,"attainment8":35.9,"progress8":-0.79,"progress8_confidence_interval":[-1.01,-0.58],"english_and_maths_grade_4_plus_percent":39.9,"ebacc_grade_4_plus_percent":13.3}],"key_stage_2":[]},"workforce":{"note":"Full-time equivalents, not headcounts. Teacher turnover only: carries no claim about heads or senior leaders.","by_year":[{"academic_year":2024,"teacher_fte":61.1,"remained":50.2,"left_the_system":6.9,"left_to_other_school":4.0,"left_percent":17.8},{"academic_year":2023,"teacher_fte":65.4,"remained":52.5,"left_the_system":5.2,"left_to_other_school":7.7,"left_percent":19.7},{"academic_year":2022,"teacher_fte":49.0,"remained":33.4,"left_the_system":4.6,"left_to_other_school":11.0,"left_percent":31.8},{"academic_year":2021,"teacher_fte":50.7,"remained":31.4,"left_the_system":16.3,"left_to_other_school":3.0,"left_percent":38.1},{"academic_year":2020,"teacher_fte":55.5,"remained":41.9,"left_the_system":11.0,"left_to_other_school":2.6,"left_percent":24.5},{"academic_year":2019,"teacher_fte":46.3,"remained":31.2,"left_the_system":6.5,"left_to_other_school":8.6,"left_percent":32.6}]},"catchment":{"status":"none_published","note":"no_zone_published means we hold no zone for this school. It does not mean an address is outside one.","zones":[]},"how_places_were_allocated":[],"how_the_places_were_shared_out":[],"sources":[{"label":"Department for Education: Get Information about Schools","detail":"School identity, type, phase and address","url":"https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/","retrieved":"2026-09-02"},{"label":"Ofsted: state-funded school inspections management information","detail":"Inspection outcomes, published monthly","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-management-information-ofsteds-school-inspections-outcomes","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: school-level applications and offers","detail":"Preferences and offers, 2014 to 2025 intakes","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/primary-and-secondary-school-applications-and-offers","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: key stage 4 performance","detail":"Attainment 8, Progress 8 and EBacc, by school","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-4-performance","retrieved":"2026-09-04"},{"label":"Department for Education: school workforce in England","detail":"Teacher turnover, by school, from the School Workforce Census","url":"https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england","retrieved":"2026-09-04"}]}