Villa Real School
Villa Real Road, Consett, DH8 6BH
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jill Bowe
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 125
- URN
- 114345
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01207503651
About this school
Villa Real School is a community special school in Consett. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 125 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found the school has improved significantly.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | 83.0 | 84.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | 84.0 | - |
| Reading progress | -8.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -7.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Villa Real School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | County Durham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 124 |
| 2023/24 | 120 |
| 2024/25 | 119 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report14 May 2025
- 21 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 67%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 8.79%
- Persistent absence
- 24.51%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Learning for Life0.5 miles
Other types · Consett
-
Delta Independent School0.8 miles
Independent schools · Consett
-
Hassockfield Secure Training Centre1.0 miles
Other types · Consett
-
Croft Community School3.0 miles
Special schools · Stanley
-
The Independent Grammar School:Durham7.9 miles
Independent schools · Esh Winning
Other schools in Consett
- Hassockfield Secure Training Centre Other types
- Learning for Life Other types
- Beechdale Nursery School Nursery
- Benfieldside Primary School Primary
- Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School Primary
- Castleside Primary School Primary
- Consett Infant School Primary
- Consett Junior School Primary
- Delves Lane Primary School Primary
- Ebchester CofE Primary School Primary
- Leadgate Primary School - Split Site Primary
- Moorside Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Villa Real School teach?
- Villa Real School teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Consett.
- Who is the headteacher of Villa Real School?
- The headteacher of Villa Real School is Mrs Jill Bowe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Villa Real School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Villa Real School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Villa Real School?
- Villa Real School has 125 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Villa Real School a faith school?
- No. Villa Real School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Villa Real School have?
- The schools register lists Villa Real School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Villa Real School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Villa Real School's absence rate?
- Villa Real School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Villa Real School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Villa Real 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 30 June 2026.