UK Schools
The Academy at Shotton Hall
The Academy at Shotton Hall is a mixed secondary academy in Peterlee, Durham County Council, teaching 1,202 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in July 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 52.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 20 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Academy at Shotton Hall.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Academy at Shotton Hall.
- 3 School reopens (Autumn Term starts)
- 24 School closes for Autumn Half Term
- 3 School reopens after Autumn Half Term
- 19 School closes for Christmas Holiday
- 5 School reopens (Spring Term starts)
- 20 School closes for Spring Half Term
- 2 School reopens after Spring Half Term
- 2 School closes for Easter Holiday
- 20 School reopens (Summer Term starts)
- 22 School closes for Summer Half Term
- 1 School reopens after Summer Half Term
- 20 School closes for Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School reopens (Autumn Term starts) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- School closes for Autumn Half Term Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- School reopens after Autumn Half Term Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- School closes for Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
- School reopens (Spring Term starts) Jan 5, 2026 Term
- School closes for Spring Half Term Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens after Spring Half Term Mar 2, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Easter Holiday Apr 2, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens (Summer Term starts) Apr 20, 2026 Term
- School closes for Summer Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- School reopens after Summer Half Term Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- School closes for Summer Holiday Jul 20, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Academy at Shotton Hall with Durham County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 52.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Durham County Council England
Attendance 23.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Durham County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Durham County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Academy at Shotton Hall. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Academy at Shotton Hall than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.