UK Schools
Woodham Academy
Woodham Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Newton Aycliffe, Durham County Council, teaching 1,071 pupils aged 11 to 16. Its last Ofsted inspection in April 2023 found the school remains Good. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 48.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Woodham Academy.
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Woodham Academy.
- 2 Professional Development Day (School closed to students)
- 3 School Year begins – Year 7
- 4 School Year begins – All Pupils
- 10 Professional Development Day (School closed to students)
- 24 School closes for Autumn half term
- 3 School re-opens after Autumn half term
- 19 Autumn term ends
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Spring term begins
- 20 School closes for Spring half term
- 2 School re-opens after Spring half term
- 2 Spring term ends
- 3–17 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20 Summer term begins
- 4 School closed for May Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 5 School re-opens
- 22 School closes for Summer half term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School re-opens after Summer half term
- 19 Professional Development Day (School closed to students)
- 17 Summer term ends
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Professional Development Day (School closed to students) Sep 2, 2025 Event
- School Year begins – Year 7 Sep 3, 2025 Event
- School Year begins – All Pupils Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Professional Development Day (School closed to students) Oct 10, 2025 Event
- School closes for Autumn half term Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
- School re-opens after Autumn half term Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- Autumn term ends Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Spring term begins Jan 5, 2026 Term
- School closes for Spring half term Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens after Spring half term Mar 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring term ends Apr 2, 2026 Term
- Summer term begins Apr 20, 2026 Term
- School closed for May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens May 5, 2026 Event
- School closes for Summer half term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- School re-opens after Summer half term Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- Professional Development Day (School closed to students) Jun 19, 2026 Event
- Summer term ends Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Apr 3, 2026 - Apr 17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 18, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Woodham Academy with Durham County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 48.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Durham County Council England
Attendance 22.8% 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 Woodham Academy. 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 Woodham Academy 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.