Welcome to North Durham Academy

North Durham Academy is on a journey to becoming a place of excellent educational provision.

Our goal has been to ensure that Stanley has an outstanding school at the heart of its community.

Our vision is simple:

Every action undertaken by every member of staff is implemented with the sole intention of improving the future life chances and well being of our children: ‘Students First’. This vision is underpinned by our three core principles of:

Inclusion, Progression and Excellence.

We believe:

Every child should have their life-chances enhanced
Outstanding progress and attainment are the norm for every child
High standards of behaviour and attitudes allow teachers to teach, support staff to enhance and children to learn
In investing in teachers’ professional development
Our teachers feel good about what they are doing, feel valued by the community and proud to work here
That your child will feel safe
Our ethos enables sustained concentration in lessons, rewards effort and allows learning to flourish.

Please accept my offer of an open invitation to visit us – any time – to experience the Academy first hand

Mr Mark Gray, Head Teacher

North Durham Academy is officially a ‘Good’ school in all categories

An achievement that we are all incredibly proud of. We were inspected by Ofsted in June 2022 and over the two days the team witnessed what an amazing place this is to learn and to work. As a parent, it is an incredibly tough decision to send your child to a particular school as the school very often helps shape who they will be and what they will do as an adult. Knowing that your child is attending a “Good” school where pupils feel safe, have access to an ambitious and engaging curriculum and where staff have high expectations of all students is really important. There are exciting times at North Durham Academy as we continue to improve the provision for all students.