Easington Academy, Peterlee

In 2026, pupils at Easington Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.6 in County Durham and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 42% in County Durham and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 51.8.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.12: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 44.7, against 53.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Multimedia and History.

For September 2026 entry, 202 families put Easington Academy as their first choice and 340 named it as one of their preferences, for 189 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 18 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Easington Academy are St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College (1.7 miles, Attainment 8 42.1); Dene Academy (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.2); The Academy at Shotton Hall (2.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55); and Wellfield School (3.6 miles, Attainment 8 47.3).

Easington Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Easington Academy is one of 15 schools run by North East Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.9 in 2024/25.

245 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Easington Academy (as of September 2025): 98% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 88% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (88%).

Of the 141 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 62% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

38.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 2.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Horden, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is West View (n-bound), 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 47 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in County Durham (84).

In 2024/25, Easington Academy issued 198 suspensions, 25.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Easington Academy are Easington CofE Primary School (0.3 miles), Easington Colliery Primary School (0.7 miles), Acre Rigg Academy (1 mile) and Acre Rigg Infant School (1.1 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.