List of schools in Durham - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This article lists most of the schools in the Local Education Authority

Local Education Authority

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for County Durham

County Durham

County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington...

, England.

Secondary Schools

School	Locality	Ages	Specialism	Ofsted	Website
Belmont School Belmont School Community Arts College Belmont School Community Arts College is a comprehensive school in Belmont, County Durham, England. The school was awarded Arts College specialist school status in 2006 however due to government cuts, this is unlikely to continue and the school may return to its original community college...	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	11 - 16	Arts	Ofsted	-
Bishop Barrington School Bishop Barrington School Bishop Barrington School is a co-educational comprehensive school in the town of Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, England. The school has around 700 students and is a specialist Sports College and Mathematics and Computing College. It was established in 1810 in the town's market place and named after,...	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	11 - 16	Sport, Mathematics and Computing	Ofsted	Website
Consett Community Sports College Consett community sports college Consett Community Sports College is a secondary school based in County Durham England....	Consett Consett Consett is a town in the northwest of County Durham, England, about southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is home to 27,394 .Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. In 1841, it was a village community of only 145, but it was about to become a boom town: below the ground was coking coal and...	11 - 16	Sport	Ofsted	Website
Dene Community School of Technology	Peterlee Peterlee Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...	11 - 16	Technology	Ofsted	Website
Durham Community Business College	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	11 - 16	Business and Technology	Ofsted	Website
Durham Gilesgate Sports College	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	11 - 18	Sport	Ofsted	Website
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School Durham Johnston Comprehensive School Durham Johnston Comprehensive School is a secondary school in Durham, UK.IntroductionDurham Johnston is a 1500-place 11-18 school serving Durham City and communities beyond to the south and west. It is situated on Crosssgate Moor, on the A167...	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	11 - 18	Languages	Ofsted	Website
Easington Community School	Easington Easington Easington may refer to one of several places:in England:Easington, Lancashire, Forest of BowlandEasington, County Durham, a town in County Durham**Easington , a local government district in County Durham...	11 - 16	Science	Ofsted	Website
Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College Ferryhill Business And Enterprise College is a comprehensive school located in Ferryhill, County Durham. The school has been awarded specialist Business and Enterprise College status.-External links:**...	Ferryhill Ferryhill Ferryhill is a town in south-central County Durham, England with a population of around 11,651 people, making it the 8th biggest town in the County. It is in the Durham County Unitary area...	11 - 18	Business	Ofsted	Website
Framwellgate School Durham Framwellgate School Durham Framwellgate School Durham is a large state Science College, Community School and Sixth Form Centre, in the Framwellgate Moor area of Durham City, County Durham, England. The current Head Teacher is Mrs...	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	11 - 18	Science	Ofsted	Website
Fyndoune Community College	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	11 - 16	Humanities	Ofsted	Website
Greencroft School	Stanley Stanley, County Durham Stanley is a former colliery town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, the town lies south west of Gateshead....	11 - 16	Business	Ofsted	-
Greenfield School Community and Arts College Greenfield School Community and Arts College For schools of a similar name, see Greenfield School.Greenfield School Community and Arts College is a mixed public school on the suburbs of Newton Aycliffe. It was opened in 1974 and it has been visited by Tony Blair a reasonable amount of times. It has been awarded specialist status as an Arts...	Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, it is the oldest new town in the north of England.-Geography:...	11 - 16	Arts	Ofsted	Website
The Hermitage School	Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. It has a history going back to Roman times when it was called Concangis. The town is located south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland on the River Wear...	11 - 18	Technology	Ofsted	Website
King James I Community Arts College	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	11 - 18	Arts	Ofsted	Website
Moorside Community Technology College Moorside Community Technology College Moorside Community Technology College is a secondary school in the south-west of Consett, County Durham near to Castleside. It is two miles from Consett town centre.-Admissions:...	Consett Consett Consett is a town in the northwest of County Durham, England, about southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is home to 27,394 .Consett sits high on the edge of the Pennines. In 1841, it was a village community of only 145, but it was about to become a boom town: below the ground was coking coal and...	11 - 16	Technology	Ofsted	Website
Park View Community School Park View Community School Park View Community School is a comprehensive school with a sixth form in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England.-Admissions:The school is a state school for children between 11 and 16, with the first two years taught on a separate site two miles north. The main Park View site also has a...	Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. It has a history going back to Roman times when it was called Concangis. The town is located south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland on the River Wear...	11 - 18	Languages	Ofsted	Website
Parkside Comprehensive School	Willington Willington, County Durham Willington is a former-pit town in County Durham, England. It is in the foothills of the Pennines and near the River Wear close to Crook and Bishop Auckland. Like many communities in the area, Willington's economy was largely based on coal mining. The closure of the colliery in 1967 therefore hit...	11 - 18	Sport	Ofsted	Website
Roseberry Sports and Community College Roseberry Sports and Community College Roseberry Sports and Community College is a state comprehensive school, Sports College and sixth form in County Durham, England, founded in 1956. The College Principal is Mrs...	Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. It has a history going back to Roman times when it was called Concangis. The town is located south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland on the River Wear...	11 - 18	Sport	Ofsted	Website
Seaham School of Technology Seaham School of Technology The Seaham School of Technology is a secondary school located in Seaham, County Durham, England, for pupils aged 11–16. It is the only secondary school in the area, acting as a hub for most year 6 children leaving the local primary schools.- New school :...	Seaham Seaham Seaham, formerly Seaham Harbour, is a small town in County Durham, situated south of Sunderland and east of Durham. It has a small parish church, St Mary the Virgin, with a late 7th century Anglo Saxon nave resembling the church at Escomb in many respects. St Mary the Virgin is regarded as one of...	11 - 16	Technology	Ofsted	Website
Sedgefield Community College Sedgefield Community College Sedgefield Community College is an 11-16 comprehensive school located in Sedgefield in County Durham.The College takes in students from most of the surrounding villages including Sedgefield itself, Fishburn, Trimdon, Trimdon Grange, Trimdon Station, Trimdon Colliery, Coxhoe, Bishop Middleham and...	Sedgefield Sedgefield Sedgefield is a small town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It has a population of 4,534.Sedgefield has attracted particular attention as the Member of Parliament for the wider Sedgefield constituency was the former Prime Minister Tony Blair; he was the area's MP from 1983 to 2008,...	11 - 16	Sport	Ofsted	Website
Shotton Hall School Shotton Hall School The Academy At Shotton Hall is a secondary school in Peterlee, County Durham, England. It is a 11 - 16 year old school and is a specialist Performing Arts College it was renamed from Shotton Hall School in February 2011. The school has recently undergone major renovation work as part of the...	Peterlee Peterlee Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...	11 - 16	Arts	Ofsted	-
Spennymoor Comprehensive School	Spennymoor Spennymoor Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. The town was founded over 160 years ago...	11 - 18	Technology	Ofsted	Website
St. Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School St. Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School St Bede's is a Catholic secondary comprehensive school in Peterlee, County Durham, England. In summer 2006 it achieved its best-ever GCSE exam results. It is an 11-18 school for boys and girls living in the East Durham area...	Peterlee Peterlee Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...	11 - 18	Humanities	Ofsted	Website
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College is a school in Lanchester, County Durham, England. The school has specialist school status as a language college...	Lanchester Lanchester, County Durham Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, and was in the former district of Derwentside . It is to the west of the city of Durham and from the former steel town of Consett, and has a population of slightly over 4,000 people.Although there was a small drift mine on the...	11 - 18	Languages	Ofsted	Website
St John's RC Comprehensive School St John's RC Comprehensive School St John's RC Comprehensive School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic Comprehensive school in the town of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England. The school is a specialist technology college. The school currently has around 1300 pupils between the ages of 11 and 19, making it the town's largest...	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	11 - 18	Technology	Ofsted	Website
St Leonard's RC	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	11 - 18	Technology	Ofsted	Website
Staindrop School	Staindrop Staindrop Staindrop is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the east of Barnard Castle. Lord Barnard of Raby Castle also resides on the border.The village has one of the long greens typical of County Durham...	11 - 16	Business	Ofsted	Website
Stanley School of Technology Stanley School of Technology Stanley School of Technology is a mixed secondary school specialising in technology in Stanley, County Durham, England. It has 710 students....	Stanley Stanley, County Durham Stanley is a former colliery town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, the town lies south west of Gateshead....	11 - 16	Technology	Ofsted	Website
Sunnydale Community College	Shildon Shildon Shildon is a town in County Durham, in England. It is situated 2 miles to the south east of Bishop Auckland and 11 miles north of Darlington. It is 13 miles away from Durham, 23 miles from Sunderland and 23 miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne...	11 - 16	Mathematics and Computing	Ofsted	Website
Tanfield School Tanfield School Tanfield School is a comprehensive school in Stanley, County Durham, England, by the border to Tanfield Lea. Tanfield houses both male and female students from the age of 11 to 16. Tanfield have had constant good Ofsted reports, and support Anti Bully campaigns, and other causes including charity...	Stanley Stanley, County Durham Stanley is a former colliery town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, the town lies south west of Gateshead....	11 - 16	Science and Engineering	Ofsted	Website
Teesdale Science College Teesdale Science College -External links:Teesdale Science College official website List of schools in the North East of EnglandSchoolsNet Teesdale School Details Details of courses available at Teesdale School...	Barnard Castle Barnard Castle Barnard Castle is an historical town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, south southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, south southwest of Sunderland, west of Middlesbrough and ...	11 - 18	Science	Ofsted	Website
Tudhoe Grange School	Spennymoor Spennymoor Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. The town was founded over 160 years ago...	11 - 16	Humanities	Ofsted	Website
Wellfield Community School	Wingate Wingate, County Durham Wingate is a village in County Durham, EnglandWingate is a former pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, and more recent housing developments, it was originally enhabited by around 30 farmers before 1839 when coal was discovered. It is located in the East of County Durham, three...	11 - 16	Maths and Computing	Ofsted	Website
Wolsingham Community College Wolsingham Community College Wolsingham School & Community College is a two-part secondary school, located in Wolsingham, County Durham.-Lower school:Wolsingham Lower School is part of Wolsingham School & Community College which has classes on two floors and a big playground. The school is situated just off the A689, and near...	Wolsingham Wolsingham Wolsingham is a small market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope in North West Durham.-History:Wolsingham sits at the confluence of the River Wear and Waskerley Beck...	11 - 18	Arts	Ofsted	Website
Woodham Community Technology College Woodham Community Technology College Woodham Community Technology College previously known as "Woodham Comprehensive School" is a comprehensive school and former sixth form college in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England.-Admissions:...	Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, it is the oldest new town in the north of England.-Geography:...	11 - 18	Technology	Ofsted	Website

Secondary Schools

Primary schools (incomplete)

Special schools

Independent schools

Further education colleges

School	Locality	Ages	Ofsted	Website
Acre Rigg Infant	Peterlee Peterlee Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...	3 - 7	Ofsted	Website
Acre Rigg Infant	Peterlee Peterlee Peterlee is a new town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1948, Peterlee town originally mostly housed coal miners and their families.Peterlee has strong economic and community ties with Sunderland and Hartlepool.-Peterlee:...	7 - 11	Ofsted	-
Cockfield Primary School,	Cockfield Cockfield, County Durham Cockfield is a village on the edge of Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is situated 8 miles to the south-west of Bishop Auckland, 15 miles north-west of Darlington and 40 miles south-east of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Remains found on Cockfield Fell suggest there was a settlement in the area during...	4 - 11	Ofsted	Website
Cockton Hill Infant School	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	3 - 7	Ofsted	Website
Cockton Hill Junior School	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	7 - 11	Ofsted	Website
Copeland Road Primary School	West Auckland West Auckland West Auckland is a village in County Durham, in North East England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland, on the A688 road.It is not known exactly when West Auckland was first inhabited, but there is evidence of Auckland West in the history of St. Cuthbert in the 11th century...	4 - 11	Ofsted	Website
Crook Primary School	Crook Crook, County Durham Crook is a market town in County Durham, England. It is situated about 10 miles south-west of Durham.Crook lies a couple of miles north of the River Wear, on the A690 from Durham...	4 - 11	Ofsted	Website
Etherley Lane Primary School	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	4 - 11	Ofsted	Website
Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery	West Auckland West Auckland West Auckland is a village in County Durham, in North East England. It is situated to the west of Bishop Auckland, on the A688 road.It is not known exactly when West Auckland was first inhabited, but there is evidence of Auckland West in the history of St. Cuthbert in the 11th century...	4 - 11	Ofsted	Website
Ouston Junior School	Ouston, County Durham Ouston, County Durham Ouston is a village in County Durham, approximately 5 miles to the south-west of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England...	7 - 11	Ofsted	Website
Prince Bishop's Community Primary	Close House	4 - 11	-	-
Sherburn Village Primary school	Sherburn Sherburn, County Durham Sherburn Village is situated 3.5 miles east of Durham in the north east of England. It is one of the "green villages" of County Durham.The village is located in the Sherburn division of Durham County Council and the City of Durham constituency for Westminster elections.-History:A settlement has...	4 - 11	Ofsted	-
St Andrew's Primary School	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	4 - 11	Ofsted	Website
St Anne's CofE Primary School	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	4 - 11	Ofsted	Website
St Helen Auckland Community Primary School	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	4 - 11	Ofsted	-
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School	Stanley Stanley, County Durham Stanley is a former colliery town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, the town lies south west of Gateshead....	4 - 11	Ofsted	Website
St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School	South Moor South Moor South Moor is a village in County Durham, in England. It is located to the south-west of Stanley on the northern slope of the Craghead valley. It is a well-developed village, yet still semi rural, containing a main street of around twelve shops which survive despite their proximity to the front...
St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	3-11	Ofsted	Website
Vane Road Primary School Vane Road Primary School Vane Road Primary School is a coeducational infant and primary in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. The head teacher is Mrs Sue Tobin. As of May 2009, the school has 296 students....	Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, it is the oldest new town in the north of England.-Geography:...	4-11	Ofsted	Website
Woodhouse Community Primary School	Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland is a market town and civil parish in County Durham in north east England. It is located about northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham at the confluence of the River Wear with its tributary the River Gaunless...	3-11	Ofsted	Website
Wolsingham Primary School	Wolsingham Wolsingham Wolsingham is a small market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope in North West Durham.-History:Wolsingham sits at the confluence of the River Wear and Waskerley Beck...	5-11	Ofsted	Website

School	Locality	Ages	Website
Barnard Castle School Barnard Castle School Barnard Castle School , is a co-educational independent day and boarding school situated in the market town of Barnard Castle, in the North East of England. It was founded in 1883 as the North Eastern County School, with the name changed to the current one in 1924, and to this day is generally...	Barnard Castle Barnard Castle Barnard Castle is an historical town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it grew up. It sits on the north side of the River Tees, opposite Startforth, south southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne, south southwest of Sunderland, west of Middlesbrough and ...		Website
The Chorister School	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	3-13	Website
Durham High School Durham High School for Girls Durham High School for Girls is a single-sex independent day school for 3 to 18 year olds in Durham City, United Kingdom.-History and current status:...	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	3-18	Website
Durham School Durham School Durham School, headmaster Martin George , is an independent British day and boarding school for boys and girls in Durham....	Durham Durham Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...	3-18	Website