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Schools in County Durham[1]

Local authority district E06000047 · 271 open schools[2]

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Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 330 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

Secondary schools (31)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Belmont Community School 11–16[2]
A8 49 2025/26[5]
Bishop Barrington Academy 11–16[2]
A8 39 2025/26[5]
Consett Academy 11–18[2]
A8 47 2025/26[5] AL C- 2024/25[6]
Dene Academy 11–16[2]
A8 41 2025/26[5]
Durham Academy 11–16[2]
A8 39 2025/26[5]
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School 11–18[2]
A8 56 2025/26[5] AL B 2024/25[6]
Durham Sixth Form Centre 16–19[2]
AL B 2024/25[6]
Easington Academy 11–16[2]
A8 51 2025/26[5]
Ferryhill School 11–16[2]
A8 40 2025/26[5]
Framwellgate School Durham 11–18[2]
A8 49 2025/26[5] AL C+ 2024/25[6]
Greenfield Academy 11–16[2]
A8 38 2025/26[5]
Hermitage Academy 11–18[2]
A8 50 2025/26[5] AL C 2024/25[6]
King James I Academy Bishop Auckland 11–18[2]
A8 43 2025/26[5] AL C+ 2024/25[6]
North Durham Academy 11–16[2]
A8 40 2025/26[5]
Park View School 11–18[2]
A8 47 2025/26[5] AL C+ 2024/25[6]
Parkside Academy 11–16[2]
A8 42 2025/26[5]
Seaham High School 11–16[2]
A8 48 2025/26[5]
Sedgefield Community College 11–16[2]
A8 52 2025/26[5]
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College 11–18[2]
A8 42 2025/26[5] AL C 2024/25[6]
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester 11–18[2]
A8 46 2025/26[5] AL C+ 2024/25[6]
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College 11–18[2]
A8 44 2025/26[5] AL B- 2024/25[6]
St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham 11–18[2]
A8 56 2025/26[5] AL B 2024/25[6]
Staindrop Academy 11–16[2]
A8 48 2025/26[5]
Tanfield School 11–16[2]
A8 54 2025/26[5]
Teesdale School and Sixth Form 11–18[2]
A8 57 2025/26[5] AL C+ 2024/25[6]
The Academy at Shotton Hall 11–16[2]
A8 55 2025/26[5]
UTC South Durham 14–19[2]
A8 33 2025/26[5] AL C+ 2024/25[6]
Wellfield School 11–16[2]
A8 47 2025/26[5]
Whitworth Park Academy 11–16[2]
A8 51 2025/26[5]
Wolsingham School 11–16[2]
A8 52 2025/26[5]
Woodham Academy 11–16[2]
A8 50 2025/26[5]

Primary schools (208)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Acre Rigg Academy 7–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[7]
Acre Rigg Infant School 2–7[2]
All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester 3–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[7]
Annfield Plain Infant School 2–7[2]
Annfield Plain Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[7]
Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School 3–11[2]
Beamish Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 29% 2024/25[7]
Bearpark Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 31% 2024/25[7]
Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
Benfieldside Primary School 3–11[2]
Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 45% 2024/25[7]
Blackhall Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[7]
Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law 3–11[2]
KS2 11% 2024/25[7]
Bloemfontein Primary School 0–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[7]
Bluebell Meadow Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[7]
Bournmoor Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[7]
Bowburn Primary School 2–11[2]
Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School 2–11[2]
Brandon Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School 3–11[2]
KS2 32% 2024/25[7]
Browney Primary Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[7]
Bullion Lane Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 94% 2024/25[7]
Burnhope Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
Burnopfield Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 78% 2024/25[7]
Butterknowle Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 29% 2024/25[7]
Byerley Park Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
Byers Green Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[7]
Cassop Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[7]
Castleside Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[7]
Catchgate Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
Cestria Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[7]
Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School 0–11[2]
KS2 66% 2024/25[7]
Chilton Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[7]
Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[7]
Cockfield Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 88% 2024/25[7]
Cockton Hill Infant School 2–7[2]
Cockton Hill Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[7]
Collierley Nursery and Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
Consett Infant School 4–7[2]
Consett Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
Copeland Road Primary School 2–11[2]
Cotherstone Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 40% 2024/25[7]
Cotsford Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[7]
Coxhoe Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[7]
Crook Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[7]
Deaf Hill Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[7]
Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School 3–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[7]
Delves Lane Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 35% 2024/25[7]
Dene House Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[7]
Durham Gilesgate Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
Durham Newton Hall Infants' School 3–7[2]
Easington CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[7]
Easington Colliery Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
East Stanley School 2–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[7]
Ebchester CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
Edmondsley Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[7]
Escomb Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Esh Winning Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
Etherley Lane Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[7]
Evenwood Church of England Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 86% 2024/25[7]
Ferryhill Station Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 20% 2024/25[7]
Finchale Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 78% 2024/25[7]
Fishburn Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 45% 2024/25[7]
Framwellgate Moor Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 87% 2024/25[7]
Frosterley Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[7]
Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
Green Lane Church of England Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 55% 2024/25[7]
Greenland Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 75% 2024/25[7]
Hamsterley Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 14% 2023/24[8]
Hartside Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[7]
Hesleden Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 42% 2024/25[7]
Howden-le-Wear Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 41% 2024/25[7]
Howletch Lane Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 44% 2024/25[7]
Hunwick Primary School 3–11[2]
Hutton Henry CofE (Controlled) Primary School 4–11[2]
Ingleton CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 89% 2024/25[7]
Kelloe Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[7]
King Street Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[7]
Kirk Merrington Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 83% 2024/25[7]
Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 79% 2024/25[7]
Langley Moor Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[7]
Langley Park Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
Laurel Avenue Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Leadgate Primary School - Split Site 2–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[7]
Ludworth Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
Lumley Infant and Nursery School 2–7[2]
Lumley Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[7]
Middlestone Moor Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[7]
Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[7]
Montalbo Nursery & Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 85% 2024/25[7]
Moorside Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[7]
Nettlesworth Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[7]
Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery 2–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
New Brancepeth Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
New Seaham Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 94% 2024/25[7]
Newker Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[7]
North Park Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[7]
Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[7]
Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate 2–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[7]
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[7]
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[7]
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 5–11[2]
Ouston Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[7]
Peases West Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[7]
Pelton Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 48% 2024/25[7]
Pittington Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[7]
Prince Bishops Community Primary School 2–11[2]
Ramshaw Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
Red Rose Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[7]
Ribbon School 3–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
Ropery Walk Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 68% 2024/25[7]
Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[7]
Roseberry Primary and Nursery School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
Sacriston Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 88% 2024/25[7]
Seaham Trinity Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[7]
Seascape Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 7% 2024/25[7]
Seaview Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 87% 2024/25[7]
Sedgefield Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
Sherburn Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
Shield Row Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[7]
Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[7]
Shotley Bridge Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[7]
Shotton Hall Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
Shotton Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery 2–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[7]
South Hetton Primary 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
South Stanley Infant and Nursery School 2–7[2]
South Stanley Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[7]
Springmoor Grange School 2–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[7]
St Andrew's Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 46% 2024/25[7]
St Anne's CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston 4–11[2]
KS2 78% 2024/25[7]
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston 3–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[7]
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe 3–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street 3–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[7]
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook 3–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[7]
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham 4–11[2]
KS2 75% 2024/25[7]
St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 25% 2024/25[7]
St Godric's Catholic Primary School, Durham 3–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley 4–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[7]
St Helen Auckland Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[7]
St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham 2–11[2]
St John's Chapel Primary School 2–11[2]
St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[7]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall 3–11[2]
KS2 85% 2024/25[7]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon 2–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[7]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate 3–11[2]
KS2 100% 2024/25[7]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton 2–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[7]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley 3–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 85% 2024/25[7]
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[7]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle 3–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[7]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill 5–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe 4–11[2]
KS2 66% 2024/25[7]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor 4–11[2]
KS2 22% 2024/25[7]
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Wingate 4–11[2]
KS2 31% 2024/25[7]
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh Village 3–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[7]
St Michael's Church of England Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School 2–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[7]
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett 3–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[7]
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton 3–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[7]
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley Moor 4–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett 5–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[7]
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[7]
St Thomas More Primary School, Belmont 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland 3–11[2]
KS2 40% 2024/25[7]
St William's Catholic Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[7]
Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[7]
Stanley (Crook) Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Stanley Burnside Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 62% 2024/25[7]
Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School 3–11[2]
KS2 29% 2024/25[7]
Sugar Hill Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[7]
Sunnybrow Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 36% 2024/25[7]
Tanfield Lea Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
The Grove Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[7]
Thornhill Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 93% 2024/25[7]
Thornley Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[7]
Timothy Hackworth Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[7]
Toft Hill Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[7]
Tow Law Millennium Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[7]
Tudhoe Colliery Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
Vane Road Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
Victoria Lane Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 46% 2024/25[7]
Wearhead Primary School 2–11[2]
West Cornforth Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 83% 2024/25[7]
West Pelton Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
West Rainton Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[7]
Westlea Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[7]
Wheatley Hill Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 68% 2024/25[7]
Willington Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[7]
Wingate Primary School 5–11[2]
Witton Gilbert Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[7]
Witton-le-Wear Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[7]
Wolsingham Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[7]
Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery 3–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[7]
Woodhouse Primary Academy 2–11[2]
Woodland Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 50% 2023/24[8]
Woodlea Primary School 3–11[2]
Yohden Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[7]

Independent schools (5)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Barnard Castle School 4–19[2]
AL B- 2024/25[6]
Delta Independent School 13–16[2]
Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation 3–18[2]
AL B- 2024/25[6]
Open Air Education 4–14[2]
The Independent Grammar School:Durham 4–16[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (17)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Croft Community School 4–16[2]
Durham Trinity School & Sports College 2–19[2]
Elemore Hall School 11–16[2]
Endeavour Academy Durham 14–19[2]
Evergreen Primary School 2–11[2]
Forest Park School 11–17[2]
Highcroft School 11–18[2]
Hope Wood Academy 2–19[2]
Norman Cornish Academy 11–16[2]
North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe School 3–19[2]
Strawberry Lane 11–19[2]
The Grange Learning Centre 7–19[2]
The Oaks Secondary School 11–19[2]
The Woodlands 6–16[2]
Trimdon Hill School 4–11[2]
Villa Real School 2–19[2]
Walworth School 4–11[2]

Nursery schools (10)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Aclet Close Nursery School 0–4[2]
Beechdale Nursery School 3–5[2]
Etherley Lane Nursery School 2–4[2]
Horden Nursery School 2–5[2]
Langley Moor Nursery School 2–5[2]
Oxhill Nursery School 2–4[2]
Rosemary Lane Nursery School 2–5[2]
Seaham Harbour Nursery School 2–5[2]
Tudhoe Moor Nursery School 0–5[2]
Wingate Community Nursery School 2–4[2]

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