North East
Special 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.
Special 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croft Community SchoolCommunity special school | Stanley | No grade | — |
| Durham Trinity School & Sports CollegeCommunity special school | Durham | No grade | — |
| Elemore Hall SchoolCommunity special school | Durham | Good 2024 | — |
| Evergreen Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Bishop Auckland | Good 2022 | — |
| Forest Park SchoolOther independent special school | Newton Aycliffe | No grade | — |
| Highcroft SchoolOther independent special school | Bishop Auckland | No grade | — |
| North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe SchoolOther independent special school | Newton Aycliffe | No grade | — |
| Strawberry LaneOther independent special school | Bowburn | No grade | — |
| The Grange Learning CentreOther independent special school | Low Willington | No grade | — |
| The Oaks Secondary SchoolCommunity special school | Spennymoor | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| Trimdon Hill SchoolOther independent special school | Trimdon Grange | No grade | — |
| Villa Real SchoolCommunity special school | Consett | No grade | — |
| Walworth SchoolCommunity special school | Newton Aycliffe | Good 2023 | — |