Croft Community School

State-Funded School

croft-community-school-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

North DurhamConstituency

DH9 8PRPostcode

0.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Croft Community School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–16, located in Durham, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 316 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 2.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.09

Ethnicity

White

97%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

316

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

58%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 316
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
5 Dec 2021	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good
26 Jan 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.