[5] At the time of closure Consett Community Sports College had a capacity of 985.

[13] In 2010 an Early Day motion called on the government to "release the funding for the much-wanted and prepared-for academy school for the area, putting an end to the anxious wait of all concerned".

[16] Consett Academy opened in January 2012, initially across the two sites of its predecessor schools.

[17] In September 2015 the school moved to purpose-built buildings on Consett's former football ground, co-located with a new city leisure centre.

[2] The percentage of Consett Academy sixth-formers going on to university in 2017 was 79%, compared to 50% in the local authority and 51% nationally.

[20] There was controversy in 2016 about the school's decision temporarily to exclude pupils for not wearing the correct uniform.