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Abbey Hill Academy

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formStockton-on-Tees, North East · Stockton-on-Tees TS19 8BUTrust: Horizons Specialist Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
371of 357 places
Free school meals
49.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
48
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 9 July 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Abbey Hill School and Technology College (URN 111787, until 1 August 2013).

What the data says

Of the 41 pupils who finished Year 11 at Abbey Hill Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Abbey Hill Academy’s own sixth form (Stockton-on-Tees average 14%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 1.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.0 in Stockton-on-Tees, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Stockton-on-Tees and England.

Abbey Hill Academy
Stockton-on-Tees
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureAbbey Hill AcademyStockton-on-TeesEngland
Pupils in the cohort412,269607,348
Any sustained destination90%89%92%
Stayed in education90%83%86%
— school sixth form0%14%34%
— sixth form college0%13%13%
— further education college0%54%37%
— other education90%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination10%9%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureAbbey Hill AcademyStockton-on-TeesEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)1.045.046.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%48%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%66%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%39%41%
EBacc average point score0.083.974.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort60%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils1.635.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils0.249.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language6%7%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Art and Design24%7%24%
Biology12%23%45%
Chemistry12%23%47%
Mathematics12%88%22%
Physics12%23%46%

Other secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

Conyers School

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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Egglescliffe School

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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.