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Schools in Durham
This page shows schools and colleges ranked on the basis of their pupils' performance in A-level, AS-level and Key Skills exams.

The results are the average points achieved per student. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click the name of an institution for a page detailing its performance.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on VA for value added scores or GCSE to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Durham High School for Girls (IND, SEL) 96 96 NA 341.6
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School 65 52 1007.4 333.9
Park View Community School 63 56 983.7 326
Barnard Castle School (IND, SEL) 80 75 1027.7 321
Durham School (IND, SEL) 83 76 NA 295.3
St Leonard's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School 73 65 1007.3 284.9
Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre 26 17 933.4 282.5
Teesdale School 51 49 972.9 274.1
Framwellgate School Durham 70 52 1013.3 253.8
Roseberry Sports and Community College 39 31 958.3 246.7
Hermitage School, The 65 34 995.1 244.2
St Bede's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School, Lanchester 65 52 989.8 240.1
Wolsingham School and Community College 37 35 973.3 219.8
St John's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School 67 50 1005.8 219.7
King James I Community College 32 20 946.7 200.6
Spennymoor Comprehensive School 42 28 967.4 198.6
Derwentside College NA NA NA 176.7
New College Durham NA NA NA 169
Ferryhill Business Enterprise College 56 27 974.1 167.1
Peterlee St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School 47 37 975.3 153.9
Woodham Community Technology College 53 44 979.4 153
East Durham and Houghall Community College NA NA NA 143.5
Bishop Auckland College NA NA NA 136.1
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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