Park View School, Chester le Street

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Park View School

Church Chare, Chester le Street DH3 3QA

https://parkviewlearning.net/

Park View School is a non-selective academy. It has about 1,620 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In December 2022 the school was rated ‘Requires Improvement’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Attainment, Sixth form, Progress and Environment. Relative weaknesses include Admissions, Destinations, Finances and Disadvantaged pupils.

The school's overall score (out of 100) is given below. Coloured segments show the contributions of each indicator, explained in more detail below. Hover over the segments for details. Personalise the score by clicking on the button to set your own priorities.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.9		Hermitage Academy
2.7		Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
2.9		St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington
3.0		Oxclose Community Academy
3.3		Biddick Academy
3.9		Kepier
4.0		Framwellgate School Durham
4.1		Washington Academy
4.9		North Durham Academy
5.0		St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
5.1		Hetton Academy
5.2		Grace College

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Attainment: Above average. Up to age 16 it is above average, while at ages 16-18 it is excellent. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Sixth form: Above average. Attainment is excellent, progress is excellent and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are poor.

Progress: Above average. Up to age 16 it is about average, while at ages 16-18 it is excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Environment: About average. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is very high.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is in balance with the local community.

Attendance: About average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both roughly average.

Disadvantaged pupils: Below average. Progress up to age 16 is poor. Destinations at 16 are poor. Progress at 16-18 is excellent. Destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are below average.

Finances: Below average. However, the school budget has been roughly in balance

Destinations: Below average. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is roughly average, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is very low.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is very low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

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