Belmont Community School

Belmont Community School continues to demonstrate solid performance as a good school. The school fosters a harmonious environment where pupils benefit from a high-quality education, characterized by warm relationships between staff and students. High expectations are set for all pupils, particularly for disadvantaged students, encouraging them to achieve well in public examinations. The curriculum is ambitious and provides effective support for pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), contributing to their successful progression.

Strengths

• High-quality education with a clear emphasis on doing the right thing.
• Warm and pleasant relationships between staff and pupils.
• Ambitious curriculum that supports all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Effective strategies to promote reading and comprehension.
• Consistent and effective teaching with secure subject knowledge.
• Strong leadership with a unified vision for the school.
• Robust support for social and cultural development.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils have significant attendance issues that hinder their learning.
• Opportunities for pupils to be independent in their learning are sometimes lacking.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Belmont Community School attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.7% of pupils at Belmont Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Belmont Community School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 13.2% of pupils at Belmont Community School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Belmont Community School received £8,373 and spent £8,550 for each of its 887 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,019,000 (£1,148 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Belmont Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Belmont Community School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Belmont Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Belmont Community School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Belmont Community School have?

Belmont Community School has 887 pupils on roll.

What age range does Belmont Community School cover?

Belmont Community School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Belmont Community School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 48.6, and 48% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Belmont Community School?

Belmont Community School is at The Links, Belmont, Durham, DH1 2AG.