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Secondary schools in County Durham

30 secondary schools in County Durham.

Ofsted among secondary schools in County Durham

Good16
Outstanding2
Requires improvement1
No overall grade11

19 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 11 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.

Last overall grade still shown
19
Current framework (no overall grade)
10
Average days since inspection
1,005
Framework mix
19 historic, 10 current, 1 none

Secondary schools in County Durham

Sorted by Progress 8 lower confidence bound, so a noisy positive is not ranked as a win. A Progress 8 interval that spans zero is not treated as above average — +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise.

30 schools

SchoolAreaOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8Compare
Tanfield SchoolAcademy sponsor led Stanley No overall grade 57.5 0.830.59 to 1.06
St Leonard's Catholic School, DurhamAcademy converter Durham No overall grade 57.7 0.640.45 to 0.84
The Academy at Shotton HallAcademy converter Peterlee Outstanding 2024 52.2 0.580.39 to 0.77
Sedgefield Community CollegeAcademy converter Stockton-on-Tees Outstanding 2022 51.5 0.360.16 to 0.56
Dene AcademyAcademy converter Peterlee Good 2023 41.4 0.330.08 to 0.58
Wellfield SchoolAcademy converter Wingate No overall grade 47.8 0.300.08 to 0.51
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, LanchesterAcademy converter Durham Report card 2026 44.9 0.220.04 to 0.41
Teesdale School and Sixth FormAcademy sponsor led Barnard Castle No overall grade 49.6 0.270.02 to 0.53
Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolCommunity school Durham No overall grade 55.2 0.180.00 to 0.35 · not a win
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter Bishop Auckland Good 2024 46.4 0.16-0.03 to 0.35 · not a win
Hermitage AcademyAcademy converter Chester le Street Good 2024 49.1 0.12-0.08 to 0.33 · not a win
Belmont Community SchoolCommunity school Durham Good 2024 53.4 0.15-0.09 to 0.40 · not a win
Woodham AcademyAcademy converter Newton Aycliffe Good 2023 48.2 0.09-0.12 to 0.29 · not a win
Parkside AcademyAcademy converter Crook Good 2023 46.9 0.01-0.21 to 0.22 · not a win
Framwellgate School DurhamAcademy converter Durham No overall grade 45.2 -0.05-0.23 to 0.13 · not a win
Whitworth Park AcademyAcademy sponsor led Spennymoor Good 2022 50.4 -0.01-0.26 to 0.23 · not a win
Park View SchoolAcademy converter Chester le Street No overall grade 46.4 -0.14-0.32 to 0.04 · not a win
Easington AcademyAcademy converter Peterlee No overall grade 51.8 -0.12-0.35 to 0.11 · not a win
Consett AcademyAcademy sponsor led Consett Good 2023 44.2 -0.20-0.37 to -0.03
King James I Academy Bishop AucklandAcademy converter Bishop Auckland Report card 2026 43.9 -0.21-0.43 to 0.02 · not a win
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form CollegeAcademy converter Peterlee Good 2023 44.5 -0.22-0.45 to 0.02 · not a win
Bishop Barrington AcademyAcademy converter Bishop Auckland Good 2024 39.4 -0.27-0.51 to -0.03
Staindrop AcademyAcademy sponsor led Darlington Good 2021 45.6 -0.16-0.54 to 0.21 · not a win
Wolsingham SchoolAcademy converter Bishop Auckland Good 2023 44.7 -0.35-0.59 to -0.12
Ferryhill SchoolAcademy converter Ferryhill Good 2022 41.5 -0.37-0.60 to -0.15
North Durham AcademyAcademy sponsor led Stanley Good 2022 39.8 -0.43-0.63 to -0.22
Seaham High SchoolAcademy converter Seaham Good 2023 45.8 -0.43-0.63 to -0.23
Durham AcademyAcademy converter Durham Report card 2026 37.4 -0.25-0.64 to 0.13 · not a win
Greenfield AcademyAcademy converter Newton Aycliffe Requires improvement 2019 35.7 -0.50-0.74 to -0.26
UTC South DurhamUniversity technical college Newton Aycliffe Good 2024 39.2 -0.99-1.27 to -0.71