Dyke House Sports and Technology College

Dyke House Sports and Technology College is a strong school overall. Inspectors judged every inspected area at the strong standard and confirmed that safeguarding standards are met. Pupils achieve well, with particularly high GCSE results in 2025 and a clear trajectory of improvement over time. Disadvantaged pupils perform well and the attainment gap with their non-disadvantaged peers is closing rapidly, while pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities make secure and consistent progress. The school serves a high proportion of disadvantaged pupils in an area of high deprivation and is part of Northern Education Trust. Attendance and behaviour are notable strengths. Leaders take a firm and relentless approach to attendance, and the school is calm and orderly with respectful, engaged pupils. The curriculum is ambitious and consistently delivered, inclusion is impressive, and leadership and governance are strong. Pupils benefit from a comprehensive personal development programme, extensive enrichment, and effective careers guidance. Parents value the school and staff are proud to work there. Inspectors identified no weak areas, but set two next steps: leaders should further embed curriculum work to ensure exceptionally high teaching standards across the school, and build on existing strengths to increase pupils' sustained participation in enrichment.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well, with especially high GCSE results in 2025 and a strong trajectory of improvement.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve well and the attainment gap with non-disadvantaged pupils is closing rapidly.
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities make secure and consistent progress.
• Attendance is prioritised effectively, with rigorous analysis and targeted support improving attendance.
• Behaviour is calm and orderly, with embedded routines and highly respectful pupils.
• The curriculum is ambitious, carefully designed and delivered consistently across subjects and key stages.
• Teaching techniques are used consistently to model work, check understanding and aid memory.
• Oracy and vocabulary development are strong, particularly benefiting pupils who speak English as an additional language.
• Gaps in basic skills in reading, writing and mathematics are identified quickly and closed through effective interventions.
• Inclusion is impressive, with highly effective 'bridge' and 'inclusion centre' provisions.
• The pupil premium strategy is well-informed and helps disadvantaged pupils achieve highly and access enrichment.
• Leadership and governance are strong, with high expectations, moral purpose and effective challenge.
• Personal development is comprehensive, covering online safety, British values and community risks.
• The 'iAspire' programme and extensive enrichment offer build citizenship, independence and aspirations.
• Careers education prepares pupils well for post-16 options and the world of work.
• Safeguarding standards are met, with an open culture and effective concern management.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum work needs further embedding to ensure exceptionally high teaching standards across the school.
• Pupils' sustained participation in the school's enrichment offer could be increased further.

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 Dyke House Sports and Technology College attended 91.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 27.2% 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, 7.0% of pupils at Dyke House Sports and Technology College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were 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 Dyke House Sports and Technology College had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.9% 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, 16.8% of pupils at Dyke House Sports and Technology College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.2% 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 2024–25 Dyke House Sports and Technology College received £8,867 and spent £7,883 for each of its 1,308 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,349,000 (£1,032 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of Northern Education Trust, income was £8,462 and spending £8,166 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Dyke House Sports and Technology College is part of Northern Education Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• Manor Community Academy Hartlepool
• Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Norton Primary Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• North Shore Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• The Oak Tree Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• The Grangefield Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Thornaby Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Hetton Academy Houghton Le Spring
• Freebrough Academy Saltburn-By-The-Sea
• Badger Hill Academy Saltburn-By-The-Sea

What is Dyke House Sports and Technology College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dyke House Sports and Technology College is Strong standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Dyke House Sports and Technology College last inspected by Ofsted?

Dyke House Sports and Technology College was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Dyke House Sports and Technology College have?

Dyke House Sports and Technology College has 1,293 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dyke House Sports and Technology College cover?

Dyke House Sports and Technology College for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Dyke House Sports and Technology College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.3, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Dyke House Sports and Technology College?

Dyke House Sports and Technology College is at Mapleton Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8NQ.