Norman Cornish Academy
Spennymoor · County Durham
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About Norman Cornish Academy
Norman Cornish Academy is a other academy in Spennymoor, County Durham. View current jobs, teaching vacancies and school support roles posted by the school.
HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST is a Multi-academy trust. The trust operates 8 member schools: 7 special schools, 1 alternative provision setting. Local authorities: County Durham | Middlesbrough | North Yorkshire | Redcar and Cleveland | Stockton-on-Tees. Regions: North East | Yorkshire and the Humber. — from the HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST public record.
Norman Cornish Academy is a other academy in Spennymoor, County Durham, part of HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST. It has no live vacancies on SchoolJobs right now.
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School information
- Official name
- Norman Cornish Academy
- Address
- Whitworth Lane
- Postcode
- DL16 7QW
- Country
- England
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- URN (official identifier)
- 151483
- Establishment number
- 7000
- School status
- Open
- Education phase
- Other
- Age range
- 11–16 years
- Gender intake
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Number of pupils
- 64
- As of November 2026
- Capacity
- 75
- School type
- Special academy (converter)
- Governance
- Academy
- Academy trust
- HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Headteacher
- Ms L Winter
- Ofsted inspection
- Last inspected as The Meadows School on 5 Dec 2023, before it became Norman Cornish Academy (Requires improvement)Source: Ofsted management information · 30 Sep 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0
- Official website
- www.horizonstrust.org.uk/our-academies/the-meadows-academy
- Telephone
- 01388811178
- Date opened
- 1 Feb 2025
Source: get-information-schools.service.gov.uk . Official data last refreshed November 2026.
Pupils at Norman Cornish Academy
| 2025/26 | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils | 64 | 72,212 | 8,355,420 |
| Eligible for free school meals | 78.1% | 33.1% | 26.5% |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 16.5% | 14.6% |
| Education, health and care plan (EHCP) | 100.0% | 5.6% | 5.9% |
| First language other than English (EAL) | 1.6% | 4.8% | 21.6% |
Local authority and England figures are calculated from the same DfE school-level files across state-funded schools.
Source: Department for Education, Schools, pupils and their characteristics and Special educational needs in England , academic year 2025/26. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted inspection history
7 published inspections for Norman Cornish Academy, including inspections of the school it replaced.
· Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2
Read reportInspected as The Meadows School (URN 131905)
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Report published 31 Jan 2024
· Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1
Read reportInspected as The Meadows School (URN 131905)
- Outcomes for section 8 inspections
- Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action to provide education in the current circumstances
Report published 26 May 2021
· Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Read reportInspected as The Meadows School (URN 131905)
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Outcomes for pupils
- Good
- Is safeguarding effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare
- Requires improvement
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
- Good
Report published 18 Jul 2019
· Maintained Academy and School Short inspection
Read reportInspected as The Meadows School (URN 131905)
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
- Outcomes for pupils
- Requires improvement
- Is safeguarding effective
- Yes
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare
- Good
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
- Requires improvement
Report published 4 Apr 2017
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as The Meadows School (URN 131905)
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Good
Report published 31 Oct 2012
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as The Meadows School (URN 131905)
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Satisfactory
Report published 1 Mar 2010
· S5 Inspection
Read reportInspected as The Meadows School (URN 131905)
Overall effectiveness: Good
- Pupils' achievement
- Good
- Quality of teaching
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Behaviour and safety of pupils
- Good
Report published 8 May 2007
Source: Ofsted, State-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (files from 2005 to the latest monthly release; data checked 6 Nov 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil absence at Norman Cornish Academy
| 2025/26 (autumn and spring term) | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall absence (sessions missed) | 25.4% | 13.2% | 12.9% |
| Persistent absence (pupils missing 10%+) | 43.5% | 34.3% | 34.7% |
Local authority and England figures are for special schools in the same release.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England , 2025/26 autumn and spring terms. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pupil premium at Norman Cornish Academy
Deprivation pupil premium allocation for 2026 to 2027: £41,800 for 38 eligible pupils.
| Financial year 2026-27 | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils eligible | 62.3% | 34.2% | 27.7% |
| Allocation per pupil on roll | £685 | £459 | £370 |
Deprivation pupil premium only; service child and looked-after children premiums are not published per school. Local authority and England figures use the same file.
Source: Department for Education, Pupil premium allocations 2026 to 2027 (September 2026) . Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
School finances at Norman Cornish Academy
2024/25 academic year (academy accounts return) · Special · 63 pupils. Excludes the trust's central costs.
| This school | England average (per pupil · % of spend) | |
|---|---|---|
| Total income | £1,551,000 £24,619 per pupil | £31,371 |
| Total spending | £1,299,000 £20,619 per pupil | £28,514 |
| Teaching staff | £580,000 £9,206 per pupil · 44.6% | £11,172 · 39.2% |
| Education support staff | £249,000 £3,952 per pupil · 19.2% | £8,727 · 30.6% |
| Supply and agency staff | £155,000 £2,460 per pupil · 11.9% | £1,495 · 5.2% |
| …of which agency supply | £155,000 £2,460 per pupil · 11.9% | £1,361 · 4.8% |
| In-year balance | £252,000 | |
| Revenue reserve | £0 | |
Not enough schools of this phase in the local authority to compare.
Finance data is from the official return for that year and may not reflect the school's current position. Averages are pupil-weighted and use the same return, year and phase.
Full detail on DfE's Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool · Local authority finance averages
Source: Department for Education, Academies Accounts Return 2024/25 via FBIT data sources, checked 6 Nov 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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