Villa Real School
Special schoolVilla Real School is a special school in County Durham, for pupils aged 2 to 19. It had 125 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, May 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 14 May 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Villa Real School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in County Durham and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 84 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 44.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 43% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 62.5% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 6 | – | – |
- Villa Real School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Consett Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)370 m
- Beechdale Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, May 2023380 m
- Consett AcademySecondary. Good (overall), May 2023. Attainment 8 of 47.2 (2025/26, provisional)500 m
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, ConsettPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)770 m
- Consett Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023810 m
- Learning for LifeSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file840 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in County Durham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).