Wellfield School
North Road East, Wingate, TS28 5AX
This school is closed (it closed in May 2023).
It was replaced by Wellfield School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Ms Sarah Hammond
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Sedgefield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 1,011
- Pupils on roll
- 923
- URN
- 114315
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Wellfield School was a community secondary school in Wingate. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 923 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Wellfield School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 168 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.20 -0.42 to +0.01 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 31% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 |
How Wellfield School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 12.4% | 41.2% | 923 | — |
| Wellfield School | 47.8 | 9.8% | 42% | 862 | 0.0 miles |
| The Academy at Shotton Hall | 52.2 | 7.6% | 32.2% | 1,202 | 1.6 miles |
| St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College | 44.5 | 9.5% | 36.2% | 891 | 2.1 miles |
| Dene Academy | 41.4 | 10.3% | 61.2% | 638 | 3.0 miles |
| Easington Academy | 51.8 | 9.6% | 36.9% | 769 | 3.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.2%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 12.4%
- Persistent absence
- 37.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wellfield School0.0 miles
Secondary · Wingate
-
The Academy at Shotton Hall1.6 miles
Secondary · Peterlee
-
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College2.1 miles
Secondary · Peterlee
-
Dene Academy3.0 miles
Secondary · Peterlee
-
Easington Academy3.6 miles
Secondary · Peterlee
Other schools in Wingate
- Wellfield School Secondary
- Wingate Community Nursery School Nursery
- Wingate Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wellfield School teach?
- Wellfield School taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Wingate.
- Has Wellfield School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Wellfield School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Wellfield School?
- Wellfield School had 923 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Wellfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wellfield School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 12 September 2023.