North East
Independent schools in County Durham
271 schools, 73,108 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.9.
Ofsted across County Durham
Good143
Outstanding14
Requires improvement8
Inadequate1
No overall grade105
166 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 105 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in County Durham
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard Castle SchoolOther independent school | Barnard Castle | No grade | — |
| Delta Independent SchoolOther independent school | Consett | No grade | — |
| Durham Cathedral Schools FoundationOther independent school | County Durham | No grade | — |
| Open Air EducationOther independent school | County Durham | No grade | — |
| The Independent Grammar School:DurhamOther independent school | Esh Winning | No grade | — |