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Schools in County Durham[1]

Local authority district E06000047 · 271 open schools[2]

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Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 330 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure Most deprived 20% Second Middle Fourth Least deprived 20%
Income 28%[4] 31%[4] 15%[4] 12%[4] 14%[4]
Employment 47%[4] 21%[4] 15%[4] 11%[4] 6%[4]
Education and skills 29%[4] 28%[4] 18%[4] 12%[4] 13%[4]
Health and disability 60%[4] 21%[4] 13%[4] 4%[4] 2%[4]
Crime 35%[4] 25%[4] 17%[4] 13%[4] 10%[4]
Housing and services 12%[4] 22%[4] 28%[4] 18%[4] 20%[4]
Living environment 12%[4] 16%[4] 22%[4] 25%[4] 25%[4]
Children in low-income families 28%[4] 28%[4] 17%[4] 14%[4] 13%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (31)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Belmont Community School 11–16[2]
A8 49 2025/26[8]
Bishop Barrington Academy 11–16[2]
A8 39 2025/26[8]
Consett Academy 11–18[2]
A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Dene Academy 11–16[2]
A8 41 2025/26[8]
Durham Academy 11–16[2]
A8 39 2025/26[8]
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School 11–18[2]
A8 56 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Durham Sixth Form Centre 16–19[2]
AL B 2024/25[9]
Easington Academy 11–16[2]
A8 51 2025/26[8]
Ferryhill School 11–16[2]
A8 40 2025/26[8]
Framwellgate School Durham 11–18[2]
A8 49 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Greenfield Academy 11–16[2]
A8 38 2025/26[8]
Hermitage Academy 11–18[2]
A8 50 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
King James I Academy Bishop Auckland 11–18[2]
A8 43 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
North Durham Academy 11–16[2]
A8 40 2025/26[8]
Park View School 11–18[2]
A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Parkside Academy 11–16[2]
A8 42 2025/26[8]
Seaham High School 11–16[2]
A8 48 2025/26[8]
Sedgefield Community College 11–16[2]
A8 52 2025/26[8]
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College 11–18[2]
A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester 11–18[2]
A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College 11–18[2]
A8 44 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham 11–18[2]
A8 56 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Staindrop Academy 11–16[2]
A8 48 2025/26[8]
Tanfield School 11–16[2]
A8 54 2025/26[8]
Teesdale School and Sixth Form 11–18[2]
A8 57 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
The Academy at Shotton Hall 11–16[2]
A8 55 2025/26[8]
UTC South Durham 14–19[2]
A8 33 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Wellfield School 11–16[2]
A8 47 2025/26[8]
Whitworth Park Academy 11–16[2]
A8 51 2025/26[8]
Wolsingham School 11–16[2]
A8 52 2025/26[8]
Woodham Academy 11–16[2]
A8 50 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (208)

SchoolAgesHeadline results
Acre Rigg Academy 7–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Acre Rigg Infant School 2–7[2]
All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester 3–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Annfield Plain Infant School 2–7[2]
Annfield Plain Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School 3–11[2]
Beamish Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
Bearpark Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Benfieldside Primary School 3–11[2]
Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
Blackhall Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law 3–11[2]
KS2 11% 2024/25[10]
Bloemfontein Primary School 0–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Bluebell Meadow Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Bournmoor Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Bowburn Primary School 2–11[2]
Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School 2–11[2]
Brandon Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School 3–11[2]
KS2 32% 2024/25[10]
Browney Primary Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Bullion Lane Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 94% 2024/25[10]
Burnhope Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Burnopfield Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Butterknowle Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
Byerley Park Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Byers Green Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Cassop Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Castleside Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Catchgate Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Cestria Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School 0–11[2]
KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Chilton Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
Cockfield Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Cockton Hill Infant School 2–7[2]
Cockton Hill Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Collierley Nursery and Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Consett Infant School 4–7[2]
Consett Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Copeland Road Primary School 2–11[2]
Cotherstone Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
Cotsford Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Coxhoe Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
Crook Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Deaf Hill Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School 3–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Delves Lane Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
Dene House Primary School 5–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Durham Gilesgate Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Durham Newton Hall Infants' School 3–7[2]
Easington CofE Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Easington Colliery Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
East Stanley School 2–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Ebchester CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Edmondsley Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Escomb Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Esh Winning Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Etherley Lane Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Evenwood Church of England Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 86% 2024/25[10]
Ferryhill Station Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 20% 2024/25[10]
Finchale Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Fishburn Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
Framwellgate Moor Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Frosterley Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Green Lane Church of England Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Greenland Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Hamsterley Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 14% 2023/24[11]
Hartside Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Hesleden Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
Howden-le-Wear Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 41% 2024/25[10]
Howletch Lane Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Hunwick Primary School 3–11[2]
Hutton Henry CofE (Controlled) Primary School 4–11[2]
Ingleton CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
Kelloe Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
King Street Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Kirk Merrington Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Langley Moor Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Langley Park Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Laurel Avenue Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Leadgate Primary School - Split Site 2–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Ludworth Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Lumley Infant and Nursery School 2–7[2]
Lumley Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Middlestone Moor Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Montalbo Nursery & Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Moorside Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Nettlesworth Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery 2–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
New Brancepeth Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
New Seaham Academy 4–11[2]
KS2 94% 2024/25[10]
Newker Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
North Park Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Oakley Cross Primary School and Nursery 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate 2–11[2]
KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 5–11[2]
Ouston Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Peases West Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Pelton Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Pittington Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Prince Bishops Community Primary School 2–11[2]
Ramshaw Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Red Rose Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Ribbon School 3–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Ropery Walk Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Roseberry Primary and Nursery School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Sacriston Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Seaham Trinity Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Seascape Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 7% 2024/25[10]
Seaview Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Sedgefield Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Sherburn Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Shield Row Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Shotley Bridge Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Shotton Hall Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Shotton Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery 2–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
South Hetton Primary 3–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
South Stanley Infant and Nursery School 2–7[2]
South Stanley Junior School 7–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Springmoor Grange School 2–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
St Andrew's Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
St Anne's CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Sacriston 4–11[2]
KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston 3–11[2]
KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe 3–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street 3–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook 3–11[2]
KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham 4–11[2]
KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 25% 2024/25[10]
St Godric's Catholic Primary School, Durham 3–11[2]
KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley 4–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
St Helen Auckland Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham 2–11[2]
St John's Chapel Primary School 2–11[2]
St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Blackhall 3–11[2]
KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon 2–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate 3–11[2]
KS2 100% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton 2–11[2]
KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley 3–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle 3–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill 5–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe 4–11[2]
KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor 4–11[2]
KS2 22% 2024/25[10]
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Wingate 4–11[2]
KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh Village 3–11[2]
KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's Church of England Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School 2–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett 3–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton 3–11[2]
KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley Moor 4–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett 5–11[2]
KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
St Thomas More Primary School, Belmont 3–11[2]
KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland 3–11[2]
KS2 40% 2024/25[10]
St William's Catholic Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Stanley (Crook) Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Stanley Burnside Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School 3–11[2]
KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
Sugar Hill Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Sunnybrow Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 36% 2024/25[10]
Tanfield Lea Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
The Grove Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Thornhill Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 93% 2024/25[10]
Thornley Academy 2–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Timothy Hackworth Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
Toft Hill Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Tow Law Millennium Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Tudhoe Colliery Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Vane Road Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Victoria Lane Academy 3–11[2]
KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
Wearhead Primary School 2–11[2]
West Cornforth Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
West Pelton Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
West Rainton Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Westlea Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Wheatley Hill Community Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Willington Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Wingate Primary School 5–11[2]
Witton Gilbert Primary School 4–11[2]
KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Witton-le-Wear Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Wolsingham Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery 3–11[2]
KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Woodhouse Primary Academy 2–11[2]
Woodland Primary School 3–11[2]
KS2 50% 2023/24[11]
Woodlea Primary School 3–11[2]
Yohden Primary School 2–11[2]
KS2 57% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (5)

Special schools and alternative provision (17)

Nursery schools (10)

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