All 49 secondary schools in County Durham. Narrow them down, then shortlist up to four to compare.
Results well above the County Durham average, low absence.
215 first choices, 222 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1656.5
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results well above the County Durham average, low absence.
328 first choices, 257 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1656.3
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results well above the County Durham average, low absence.
94 first choices, 99 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1657.0
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results well above the County Durham average, low absence.
201 first choices, 149 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1654.4
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results well above the County Durham average, low absence.
277 first choices, 271 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1655.0
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results well above the County Durham average, low absence.
201 first choices, 198 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1652.4
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average.
202 first choices, 189 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1651.0
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results close to the County Durham average, low absence.
250 first choices, 235 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1646.8
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average, low absence.
133 first choices, 154 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1650.1
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Durham, DH7 0RD · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18
Results close to the County Durham average.
205 first choices, 221 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1645.8
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JT · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18
Results close to the County Durham average.
210 first choices, 209 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1643.8
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average, low absence.
212 first choices, 185 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1648.6
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average, low absence.
240 first choices, 225 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1650.5
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average.
181 first choices, 143 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1652.0
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average, high absence.
94 first choices, 95 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1647.7
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average.
219 first choices, 218 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1651.3
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results close to the County Durham average.
152 first choices, 163 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1647.3
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average.
172 first choices, 209 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1648.9
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Peterlee, SR8 1DE · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18
Results below the County Durham average.
103 first choices, 107 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1642.1
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results above the County Durham average.
177 first choices, 195 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1647.8
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results close to the County Durham average.
233 first choices, 254 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1647.2
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results close to the County Durham average.
152 first choices, 156 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1643.1
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results below the County Durham average, high absence.
102 first choices, 117 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1642.0
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
Results below the County Durham average, high absence.
101 first choices, 104 offers made
Attainment 8 at 1641.2
County Durham 44.9England 46.2
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Average score across each pupil's best eight GCSEs.
Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 31 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.
7 of the 49 secondary schools in County Durham have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterApply to your council in Year 6 for a Year 7 place. Offers come out on 1 March.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
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Add my postcodeThere are 49 secondary schools in County Durham, teaching 31,666 children. 2 are run by the council and 31 are academies or free schools. Among them are 12 special and 10 independent schools.
94% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 2 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in County Durham scored an average Attainment 8 of 44.9 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
35.8% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £9,634 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 25.8% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.