North East
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in County Durham
Sorted by Attainment 8. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Leonard's Catholic School, DurhamAcademy converter | Durham | No grade | 57.7 |
| Tanfield SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Stanley | No grade | 57.5 |
| Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolCommunity school | Durham | No grade | 55.2 |
| Belmont Community SchoolCommunity school | Durham | Good 2024 | 53.4 |
| The Academy at Shotton HallAcademy converter | Peterlee | Outstanding 2024 | 52.2 |
| Easington AcademyAcademy converter | Peterlee | No grade | 51.8 |
| Sedgefield Community CollegeAcademy converter | Stockton-on-Tees | Outstanding 2022 | 51.5 |
| Whitworth Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Spennymoor | Good 2022 | 50.4 |
| Teesdale School and Sixth FormAcademy sponsor led | Barnard Castle | No grade | 49.6 |
| Hermitage AcademyAcademy converter | Chester le Street | Good 2024 | 49.1 |
| Woodham AcademyAcademy converter | Newton Aycliffe | Good 2023 | 48.2 |
| Wellfield SchoolAcademy converter | Wingate | No grade | 47.8 |
| Parkside AcademyAcademy converter | Crook | Good 2023 | 46.9 |
| Park View SchoolAcademy converter | Chester le Street | No grade | 46.4 |
| St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Bishop Auckland | Good 2024 | 46.4 |
| Seaham High SchoolAcademy converter | Seaham | Good 2023 | 45.8 |
| Staindrop AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | Good 2021 | 45.6 |
| Framwellgate School DurhamAcademy converter | Durham | No grade | 45.2 |
| St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, LanchesterAcademy converter | Durham | No grade | 44.9 |
| Wolsingham SchoolAcademy converter | Bishop Auckland | Good 2023 | 44.7 |
| St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter | Peterlee | Good 2023 | 44.5 |
| Consett AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Consett | Good 2023 | 44.2 |
| King James I Academy Bishop AucklandAcademy converter | Bishop Auckland | No grade | 43.9 |
| Ferryhill SchoolAcademy converter | Ferryhill | Good 2022 | 41.5 |
| Dene AcademyAcademy converter | Peterlee | Good 2023 | 41.4 |
| North Durham AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Stanley | Good 2022 | 39.8 |
| Bishop Barrington AcademyAcademy converter | Bishop Auckland | Good 2024 | 39.4 |
| UTC South DurhamUniversity technical college | Newton Aycliffe | Good 2024 | 39.2 |
| Durham AcademyAcademy converter | Durham | No grade | 37.4 |
| Greenfield AcademyAcademy converter | Newton Aycliffe | Requires improvement 2019 | 35.7 |