Forest Park School
Forest Park School is an independent special school in Newton Aycliffe for boys and girls aged 11 to 17. It has 33 pupils and room for 50.
Durham Way South, Newton Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6XP01325 965220forestparkschool.co.ukMiss Jacqueline Reynolds headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
2 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to County Durham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 33 | 21 | 0 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 760 m | 179 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| UTC South Durham | University technical college | 880 m | 421 | Good 2024 | 20 | Compare |
| Sugar Hill Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 448 | No overall grade 2025 | 43 | Compare |
| Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 285 | Good 2022 | 5 | Compare |
| Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 1.4 miles | 222 | Requires improvement 2021 | 7 | Compare |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe | Academy | 1.4 miles | 162 | No overall grade 2025 | 53 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 150 | Good 2022 | 43 | Compare |
| Vane Road Primary School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 427 | Report card 2026 | 78 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Forest Park School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Forest Park School yet.
How many pupils does Forest Park School have?
33 pupils aged 11 to 17 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 50 places, so it is 66% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Durham Way South, Newton Aycliffe Business Park, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6XP
- Telephone
- 01325 965220
- Website
- www.forestparkschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Miss Jacqueline Reynolds
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward
- Aycliffe South
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 18 January 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150376 · LAESTAB 8406020 · UKPRN 10096156
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.