Special academy · County Durham
Norman Cornish Academy
- Special
- Ages 11–16
Term dates
Special academies can set their own term dates. Many follow County Durham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places at special schools are usually arranged through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, agreed with the council.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 5 December 2023. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as The Meadows School, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Special academy
- Phase
- Special
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 64 (capacity 75)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- HORIZONS SPECIALIST ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01388811178
- Address
- Whitworth Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 7QW
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.