Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Stockton-on-Tees
Harrowgate Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8TF
46
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 07/01/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
85.6%
42.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
580
Capacity used
Nearly full97%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
89 of 89 families who put it first got an offer
101
Places offered
133
Total applications
1.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 89 | 89 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 22 | 2 | ● 9% |
| 3rd preference | 12 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 4th preference | 10 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 133 | 91 | 68% |
1st preference success by year
Stockton-on-Tees lets families list 4 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jason Rhodes
- Address
- Harrowgate Lane, Bishopsgarth, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8TF
- Phone
- 01642586262
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Ward / constituency
- Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree · Stockton West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 143146
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 52% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
580 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
07 January 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Requires improvement
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 684 pupils
Attendance
85.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
14.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
42.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
9.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
7.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 32.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.88 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 26% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.84 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 31.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 28.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 43.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 9.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.54 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 95 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 94 | 10% | 35% | 48% | |
| Mathematics | 91 | 8% | 33% | 56% | |
| English Literature | 90 | 4% | 37% | 47% | |
| Combined Science | 45 | 0% | 24% | 49% | |
| Biology | 38 | 8% | 37% | 39% | |
| Geography | 37 | 8% | 32% | 49% | |
| Art and Design | 23 | 4% | 13% | 22% | |
| Physics | 22 | 14% | 59% | 68% | |
| History | 21 | 19% | 52% | 67% | |
| Computer Science | 19 | 0% | 21% | 42% | |
| Chemistry | 15 | 27% | 100% | 100% | |
| French | 6 | 33% | 50% | 83% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Stockton-on-Tees council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.