Belmont Community School
Community school · 887 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.4
Academy sponsor led
Tanfield School
- Pupils on roll
- 739of 690 places
- Free school meals
- 32.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 90
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 24 September 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Tanfield School, Specialist College of Science and Engineering (URN 114293, until 31 March 2020).
What the data says
Tanfield School has no sixth form. Of the 144 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 63% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
12% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 57.5 against 46.1 across England and 44.1 in County Durham, with 72% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils 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 County Durham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Tanfield School | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 144 | 5,399 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 85% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 81% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 17% | 30% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 63% | 46% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 12% | 8% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Tanfield School | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 57.5 | 44.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 72% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% | 61% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 52% | 33% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.95 | 3.75 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 47.3 | 35.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 61.7 | 48.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 4% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 90 | 100% | 86% | 31% | 21% | 87% |
| Mathematics | 90 | 100% | 88% | 30% | 22% | 89% |
| English Language | 90 | 100% | 89% | 34% | 20% | 80% |
| Combined Science | 82 | 91% | 65% | 10% | 9% | 76% |
| Geography | 53 | 59% | 41% | 34% | 25% | 72% |
| History | 49 | 54% | 41% | 45% | 26% | 80% |
| French | 45 | 50% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 84% |
| Photography | 41 | 46% | 6% | 88% | 19% | 100% |
| Film Studies | 20 | 22% | 1% | 40% | 20% | 85% |
| Art and Design | 16 | 18% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 88% |
| Religious Studies | 11 | 12% | 31% | 73% | 32% | 100% |
| Physics | 8 | 9% | 23% | 75% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 8 | 9% | 23% | 88% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 9% | 23% | 75% | 47% | 100% |
| Arabic | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 28 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 18 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 13 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 12 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 11 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in County Durham
Bishop Barrington Academy
Academy converter · 599 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4
Consett Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,493 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.2
Dene Academy
Academy converter · 638 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.4
Durham Academy
Academy converter · 405 pupils
67% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.4
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
Community school · sixth form · 1,667 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.2
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.