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Special school in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham

Walworth School

Bluebell Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LP

Ofsted Good · 2023 Full
School website 01325300194
Ofsted Good September 2023
Pupils 90 over capacity (100%)
Local deprivation 5/10 mid-range

Ofsted

Goodas at 21 September 2023

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 21 September 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
1,107 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Exam results

Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.

Evidence found
No phase-compatible comparable headline measure is published here.
Source coverage
DfE 2024/25 school performance files, checked by exact URN and establishment type.
What this means
The standard mainstream measure would not support a fair comparison for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school achieved zero, has no outcomes, or should be read as performing below a mainstream school.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
90
Places
90
How full
Full — 90 pupils against 90 places
Girls / boys
9 / 81
Overall absence
7%

England 5.8%

Persistently absent
23%

England 14.7% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
78%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
0%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
100%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
0%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not covered by this mainstream-school release.

Evidence found
Not covered by this mainstream-school release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
6

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
2
Busiest road nearby
U

239 vehicles a day (2019)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
22

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Newton Aycliffe Rail Station

1.3 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

5/10 Deprivation decile

Among around the middle for England.

6/10 Child poverty decile

Among around the middle for England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£146,995

postcode sector DL5 7 · 263 sales

Typical range
£94,000 to £200,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£218,000
Semi-detached
£135,500
Terraced
£91,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
26%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
17%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
12%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
13%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
46%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
66%

England 62.7%

Social housing
21%

England 17%

Privately rented
13%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
53%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
30%

England 22.5%

No car
18%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for County Durham 060B and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Community special school
Phase
Special
Ages
Ages 4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Boarding school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Roland Cooke
Register status
Open
Local authority
County Durham
Ward
Aycliffe North & Middridge
Constituency
Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
URN
114341

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Nearest special schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8DistanceCompare
North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe SchoolOther independent special school No overall grade — — 1.5 mi
Forest Park SchoolOther independent special school No overall grade — — 1.8 mi
Oakwood Learning CentreOther independent special school No overall grade — — 3.2 mi
Pear Tree SchoolOther independent special school No overall grade — — 3.6 mi
Evergreen Primary SchoolCommunity special school Good 2022 — — 4.3 mi
The Oaks Secondary SchoolCommunity special school Outstanding 2023 — — 4.6 mi
The Grange Learning CentreOther independent special school No overall grade — — 6.6 mi
Embleton ViewOther independent special school No overall grade — — 7.3 mi

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 114341; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 21 September 2023
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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