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Education secretary Bridget Phillipson addressed sector leaders at the Centre for Social Justice think tank this morning, setting out her vision for a “new era” for school standards. She paid a special mention to Tanfield School and how our journey fills her with hope.

Tanfield School has been ranked the 22nd best school in England based on a new ‘Fairer Schools’ index that takes into account children’s backgrounds 👏🏻 chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas… #teamtanfield

We hope you’ve all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We look forward to welcoming you back into school Monday 6th January 2025 #teamtanfield

students every year since 2022. Well done, everyone! weareinbeta.community/posts/🗺-by-region-top-performing-schools-for-progress-of-disadvantaged-students-2024 #TeamTanfield

Tanfield School has ranked number one for the Top-performing secondary state schools for disadvantaged students in 2024 in the North East 👏🏻 We are also one of a very small group of schools (among the top 10 in each of the 9 DfE regions) to have improved P8 for disadvantaged

From all the staff and the students at Tanfield School we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. School re-opens on Monday 6th January🎅🏼🎄🎁

In 2018 Tanfield School had the lowest progress 8 score in County Durham with -0.96. We are now top with +0.83. Thank you to all members of TeamTanfield over the last 6 years who have made this possible 👏🏻 #teamtanfield #progress8

Congratulations to last year’s Year 11 who achieved Tanfield Schools best ever results. Their progress 8 score ranks TOP in County Durham. What an amazing achievement! #TeamTamfield #Progress8

We would like to congratulate our Y8 Football team who recently took part in a County Cup fixture vs Easington Academy. The team were 2-0 down at half time but went on to win the match 4-2. Congratulations to our goal scorers: Huey L ⚽️⚽️ Harry E ⚽️ Matty C ⚽️ #TeamTanfield

❗️VACANCY ALERT ❗️ Would you like to become a part of Team Tanfield? Download an application pack by visiting tanfieldschool.co.uk/vacancies ⚫️ Closing date for applications: Sunday 8th September 2024 at midnight #TeamTanfield #joinourteam

We would like to congratulate former Team Tanfield students Isabelle, James, Joe, Ben and Jack, who recently collected their A-level results from Durham Sixth Form Centre. Good luck with your next steps. #TeamTanfield

We wish the team the best of luck and happiest of adventures on their 4 week expedition with Camps International to Kenya. #TeamTanfield #campinternational

🇫🇷 France 2024 🇫🇷 Students in year 9 and 10 recently travelled to France. Students had the opportunity to visit Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Montmartre, Euro Disney and climb the 674 steps up the Eiffel Tower. #TeamTanfield

We would like to wish our staff, students and their families a safe and restful summer break. #TeamTanfield

We’ve been recognised by @FFTEdu as being in the top 10% of schools across the country in their National School Attendance Awards Spring 23/24. The award is an acknowledgement of the hard work and dedication of staff, pupils, parents and carers in achieving excellent attendance

Can you believe it’s been 2 weeks since our Year 11/‘Class of 2024’ enjoyed their prom at Ramside Hall 💃🏼🕺🏼 Forever Team Tanfield 👏🏻

Tanfield School is a Sparx Maths Super Star ⭐️ We were one of only fifteen schools in the country awarded the Greatest Progress award from January 2024 to May 2024 on Sparx Maths. Well done everyone! #TeamTanfield #SparxMaths

Well, we cursed it yesterday when we commented on the glorious sunshine, didn’t we?! Very well done to our DofE team who battled bravely through the rain. Bring on the expedition next week! #TeamTanfield #DukeofEdinburgh

Our Year 7 Boys and Year 7 Girls football teams recently received their league winners trophies for the 2023/24 season. Our boys team went through the entire season unbeaten. Well done! 👏🏻🏆 #TeamTanfield #LeagueWinners

Our Year 10 students recently visited Penshaw Monument and Herrington Country Park as part of their coursework and mock exam preparation 📸🌳 #teamtanfield #photography