Greenfield Academy
Secondary school in Newton Aycliffe, Durham. Requires improvement (Sep 2019).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 17 September 2019, report published 10 October 2019, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Greenfield Community College, A Specialist Arts and Science School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Greenfield Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2022
The last inspection was in September 2019. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2025 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby secondary schools
- 1.6 milesWoodham Academy
School remains Good (Apr 2023)
- 1.9 milesUTC South Durham
Good (Mar 2024)
- 4.0 milesKing James I Academy Bishop Auckland
Report card, Mar 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- 4.2 milesSt John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
School remains Good (May 2024)
- 4.2 milesBishop Barrington Academy
Good (Jun 2024)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.