Greenfield Community College, Newton Aycliffe

Greenfield Community College
Established 1974 (1974)
Type Foundation school
Executive Headteacher Mr David Priestley
Head of School Mr Stuart Dixon
Location Newton Aycliffe and Shildon
54°37′12″N 1°36′04″W / 54.620°N 1.601°W / 54.620; -1.601Coordinates: 54°37′12″N 1°36′04″W / 54.620°N 1.601°W / 54.620; -1.601
DfE URN 114305 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Staff c. 150
Students c. 913
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–16
Colours black and green
Website www.greenfieldschool.net

Greenfield Community College is a secondary school on the outskirts of Newton Aycliffe. It was opened in 1974 and it has been visited by Tony Blair. It was previously awarded specialist status as an Arts and Science College.

Greenfield provides a range of opportunities in and out of the classroom. The strength of the provision was noted by OFSTED, who rated the school as GOOD in October 2012. The school also has Rights Respecting Schools status from UNICEF, the International Schools Award from the British Council, and anti-bullying accreditation from NSPCC and Childline. Greenfield has a Community Arts Centre on site and is a founder member of The Asset Schools.

In 2015, the school merged with another local school Sunnydale Comprehensive in nearby Shildon.

In May 2017, Oftsed visited the school and rated the school as 'Requires Improvement' They found the schools’ merger in 2015 had been “handled badly”, leading to a decline in standards of achievement in 2015 and 2016 in almost all year groups.

Teaching, learning and assessments were also found to vary across subjects and year groups while attendance, though rising, was below the national average. [1]

Local school comparison

Percentage achieving 5+ A*-C GCSEs including English and maths [2]2008200920102011201220132014
Greenfield34%44%44%50%56%70%68%

References

  1. ↑ "Secondary school spanning two County Durham sites rated as requiring improvement across the board". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  2. ↑ "Greenfield KS4 Performance Table". Department For Education. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
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