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Schools in Durham
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS 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
Barnard Castle School (IND, SEL) 80 75 1027.7 321
Framwellgate School Durham 70 52 1013.3 253.8
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School 65 52 1007.4 333.9
St Leonard's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School 73 65 1007.3 284.9
St John's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School 67 50 1005.8 219.7
Hermitage School, The 65 34 995.1 244.2
Belmont School Community Arts College 60 48 994.2 NA
Tanfield Comprehensive School 54 38 993.3 NA
St Bede's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School, Lanchester 65 52 989.8 240.1
Park View Community School 63 56 983.7 326
Moorside Community College 45 27 980.3 NA
Woodham Community Technology College 53 44 979.4 153
Stanley School of Technology 29 19 977.4 NA
Staindrop Comprehensive School 59 47 977.2 NA
Peterlee St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School 47 37 975.3 153.9
Easington Community School 33 26 975 NA
Ferryhill Business Enterprise College 56 27 974.1 167.1
Seaham School of Technology 40 24 974 NA
Wolsingham School and Community College 37 35 973.3 219.8
Teesdale School 51 49 972.9 274.1
Wellfield College of Maths and Computing 29 21 970.9 NA
Tudhoe Grange School 52 40 970.6 NA
Greenfield School Community and Arts College 50 40 968 NA
Spennymoor Comprehensive School 42 28 967.4 198.6
Sunnydale School 37 25 964.8 NA
Parkside Comprehensive School 40 25 963.8 NA
Greencroft School 38 29 961.1 NA
Roseberry Sports and Community College 39 31 958.3 246.7
Shotton Hall School 42 29 956 NA
Sedgefield Community College Sports Specialist College 34 28 955.4 NA
Bishop Barrington School 44 24 953.9 NA
Dene Community School of Technology 32 20 951.1 NA
Deerness Valley Comprehensive School 26 18 951.1 NA
Blackfyne Community School 44 30 950.9 NA
King James I Community College 32 20 946.7 200.6
Fyndoune Community College 38 26 939.9 NA
Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre 26 17 933.4 282.5
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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