List of schools in County Durham

Last updated July 01, 2024

This is a list of schools in County Durham , England (Durham County Council area).

State-funded schools

Primary schools

Acre Rigg Academy, Peterlee
Acre Rigg Infant School, Peterlee
All Saints RC Primary school, Lanchester
Annfield Plain Infant School, Annfield Plain
Annfield Plain Junior School, Annfield Plain
Aycliffe Village Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Beamish Primary school, Beamish
Bearpark Primary school, Bearpark
Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School, Belmont
Belmont CE Primary School, Belmont
Benfieldside Primary School, Consett
Bishop Ian Ramsey CE Primary School, Consett
Blackhall Primary School, Consett
Blessed John Duckett RC Primary School, Tow Law
Bloemfontein Primary School, Stanley
Blue Coat CE Junior School, Newton Hall
Bluebell Meadow Primary School, Trimdon/Trimdon Grange
Bournmoor Primary school, Bournmoor
Bowburn Primary School, Bowburn
Bowes Hutchinson's CE School, Bowes
Brandon Primary School, Brandon
Broom Cottages Primary School, Ferryhill
Browney Primary Academy, Browney
Bullion Lane Primary School Chester-le-Street
Burnhope Primary School, Burnhope
Burnopfield Primary School, Burnopfield
Butterknowle Primary School, Butterknowle
Byerley Park Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Byers Green Primary School, Byers Green
Cassop Primary School, Cassop
Castleside Primary School, Castleside
Catchgate Primary School, Annfield Plain
Cestria Primary School, Chester-le-Street
Chester le Street CE Primary School, Chester-le-Street
Chilton Academy, Chilton
Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery Academy, Ferryhill
Cockfield Primary School, Cockfield
Cockton Hill Infant School, Bishop Auckland
Cockton Hill Junior School, Bishop Auckland
Collierley Primary School, Dipton
Consett Infant School, Consett
Consett Junior School, Consett
Copeland Road Primary School, West Auckland
Cotherstone Primary School, Cotherstone
Cotsford Primary School, Horden
Coxhoe Primary School, Coxhoe
Crook Primary School, Crook
Deaf Hill Primary School, Deaf Hill
Dean Bank Primary School, Ferryhill
Delves Lane Primary School, Consett
Dene House Primary School, Peterlee
Durham Gilesgate Primary School, Gilesgate
Durham Newton Hall Infants' School, Newton Hall
Easington CE Primary School, Easington
Easington Colliery Primary School, Easington Colliery
East Stanley School, Stanley
Ebchester CE Primary School, Ebchester
Edmondsley Primary School, Edmondsley
Escomb Primary School, Escomb
Esh CE Primary School, Esh
Esh Winning Primary School, Esh Winning
Etherley Lane Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Evenwood CE Primary School Evenwood
Ferryhill Station Primary School, Ferryhill
Finchale Primary School, Newton Hall
Fishburn Primary School, Fishburn
Framwellgate Moor Primary School, Framwellgate Moor
Frosterley Primary School Frosterley
Gainford CE Primary School, Gainford
Green Lane CE Primary School, Barnard Castle
Greenland Community Primary School, South Moor
The Grove Primary School, Consett
Hamsterley Primary School, Hamsterley
Hartside Primary Academy, Crook
Hesleden Primary School, Hesleden
Horndale Infants' School, Newton Aycliffe
Howden-le-Wear Primary School, Howden-le-Wear
Howletch Lane Primary School, Peterlee
Hunwick Primary School, Hunwick
Hutton Henry CE Primary School, Hutton Henry
Ingleton CE Primary School, Ingleton
Kelloe Primary School, Kelloe
King Street Primary School, Spennymoor
Kirk Merrington Primary School, Kirk Merrington
Lanchester Parochial Primary School, Lanchester
Langley Moor Primary School, Langley Moor
Langley Park Primary School, Langley Park
Laurel Avenue Community Primary School, Gilesgate
Leadgate Primary School, Leadgate
Ludworth Primary School, Ludworth
Lumley Infant and Nursery School, Great Lumley
Lumley Junior School, Great Lumley
Middlestone Moor Primary Academy, Spennymoor
Middleton-in-Teesdale Primary School, Middleton-in-Teesdale
Montalbo Primary School, Barnard Castle
Moorside Primary Academy, Consett
Nettlesworth Primary School, Nettlesworth
Neville's Cross Primary School, Neville's Cross
New Brancepeth Primary Academy, New Brancepeth
New Seaham Academy, Seaham
Newker Primary School, Chester-le-Street
North Park Primary School, Spennymoor
Oakley Cross Primary School, West Auckland
Our Lady & St Joseph's RC Primary School, Leadgate
Our Lady & St Thomas RC Primary School, Willington
Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School, Shotton Colliery
Our Lady of the Rosary RCVA Primary School, Peterlee
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs' RC Primary School, Esh Winning
Our Lady Star of the Sea RC Primary School, Horden
Ouston Primary School, Ouston, County Durham
Ox Close Primary School, Spennymoor
Peases West Primary School, Billy Row
Pelton Community Primary School, Pelton
Pittington Primary School, Pittington
Prince Bishop's Community Primary School, Close House
Ramshaw Primary School, Evenwood
Red Rose Primary School, Chester-le-Street
Ribbon School, Murton
Rookhope Primary School, Rookhope
Ropery Walk Primary School, Seaham
Rosa Street Primary School, Spennymoor
Roseberry Primary and Nursery School, Pelton
Sacriston Academy, Sacriston
Seascape Primary School, Peterlee
St Andrew's Academy WISE, Bishop Auckland
St Anne's CE Primary School, Bishop Auckland
St Bede's RC Primary School, Sacriston
St Benet's RC Primary School, Ouston
St Chad's RC Primary School, Witton Park
St Charles' RC Primary School, Spennymoor
St Cuthbert's RC Primary School, Chester-le-Street
St Cuthbert's RC Primary School, Crook
St Cuthbert's RC Primary School, Seaham
St Francis CE Junior School, Newton Aycliffe
St Godric's RC Primary School, Framwellgate Moor
St Godric's RC Primary School, Wheatley Hill
St Helen Auckland Community Primary School, St Helen Auckland
St Hild's College CE Primary School, Durham
St John's Chapel Primary School, St John's Chapel
St John's CE Primary School, Shildon
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Blackhall Colliery
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Coundon
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Durham
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Murton
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Stanley
St Joseph's RC Primary School, Ushaw Moor
St Margaret's CE Primary School, Durham
St Mary Magdalen's RC Primary School, Seaham
St Mary's RC Primary School, Barnard Castle
St Mary's RC Primary School, Blackhill
St Mary's RC Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
St Mary's RC Primary School, South Moor
St Mary's RC Primary School, Wingate
St Michael's CE Primary School, Bishop Middleham
St Michael's RC Primary School, Esh
St Oswald's CE Primary and Nursery School, Durham
St Patrick's RC Primary School, Consett
St Patrick's RC Primary School, Dipton
St Patrick's RC Primary School, Langley Moor
St Pius X RC Primary School, Consett
St Stephen's CE Primary School, Willington
St Thomas More RC Primary School, Belmont
St Wilfrid's RC Primary School, Bishop Auckland
St William's RC Primary School, Trimdon
Seaham Trinity Primary School, Seaham
Seascape Primary School, Peterlee
Seaview Primary School, Deneside
Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy, Sedgefield
Sedgefield Primary School, Sedgefield
Sherburn Primary school, Sherburn
Shield Row Primary School, Shield Row
Shincliffe CE Primary School, High Shincliffe
Shotley Bridge Primary School, Shotley Bridge
Shotton Hall Primary School, Peterlee
Shotton Primary School, Shotton Colliery
Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery, Ushaw Moor
South Hetton Primary, South Hetton
South Stanley Infant and Nursery School, South Stanley
South Stanley Junior School, South Stanley
Staindrop CE Primary School, Staindrop
Stanhope Barrington CE Primary School, Stanhope
Stanley Crook Primary School, Stanley Crook
Stanley Burnside Primary School, South Stanley
Stephenson Way Academy, Newton Aycliffe
Sugar Hill Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Sunnybrow Primary School, Crook
Tanfield Lea Community Primary School, Tanfield Lea
Thornhill Primary School, Shildon
Thornley Primary School, Thornley
Timothy Hackworth Primary School, Shildon
Toft Hill Primary School, Toft Hill
Tow Law Millennium Primary School, Tow Law
Tudhoe Colliery Primary School, Tudhoe
Vane Road Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Victoria Lane Academy, Coundon
Wearhead Primary School, Wearhead
West Cornforth Primary School, West Cornforth
West Pelton Primary School, West Pelton
West Rainton Primary School, West Rainton
Westlea Primary School, Seaham
Wheatley Hill Community Primary School, Wheatley Hill
Willington Primary School, Willington
Wingate Primary School, Wingate
Wingate Infant School, Wingate
Witton Gilbert Primary School, Witton Gilbert
Witton-le-Wear Primary School, Witton-le-Wear
Wolsingham Primary School, Wolsingham
Woodham Burn Community Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Woodhouse Community Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Woodland Primary School, Woodland
Woodlea Primary School, Fence Houses
Yohden Primary School, Horden

Secondary schools

Special and alternative schools

Croft Community School, Annfield Plain
Durham Trinity School, Durham
Elemore Hall School, Pittington
Endeavour Academy Durham, Peterlee
Evergreen Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Hope Wood Academy, Easington Colliery
The Meadows School, Spennymoor
The Oaks Secondary School, Spennymoor
Villa Real School, Consett
Walworth School, Newton Aycliffe
The Woodlands, Ferryhill

Further education

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

The Independent Grammar School, Durham

Senior and all-through schools

Special and alternative schools

Delta Independent School, Consett
The Grange Learning Centre, Low Willington
Highcroft School, Bishop Auckland
North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe School, Newton Aycliffe

Further education

Thornbeck College

Related Research Articles

The Northern League is a British men's football league in north east England. Having been founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest football league in the world still in existence after the English Football League.

County Durham, officially simply Durham (/ˈdʌrəm/), is a ceremonial county in North East England. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to the north, the North Sea to the east, North Yorkshire to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The largest settlement is Darlington.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sedgefield (borough)</span> Former local government district in England

Sedgefield District was, from 1974 to 2009, a local government district and, borough in County Durham, in North East England. It had a population of about 87,000. It was named after Sedgefield, but its largest town was Newton Aycliffe. Other places included Shildon, Ferryhill and Spennymoor.

Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act of 1946, the town is 5 miles (8.0 km) to the north of Darlington and 10 miles (16 km) to the south of Durham. It is the oldest new town in the north of England. Together with the bordering Aycliffe Village and the north part of School Aycliffe, it forms the civil parish of Great Aycliffe. The population of the town at the time of the 2021 census was 26,415.

Ferryhill is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England, with an estimated population in 2018 of 9,362. The town grew in the 1900s around the coal mining industry. The last mine officially closed in 1968. It is located between the towns of Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe, Sedgefield, Shildon, Spennymoor and the cathedral city of Durham.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1974 & 1983–2024

Sedgefield was a constituency in County Durham represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2019 until its abolition for the 2024 general election by Paul Howell of the Conservative Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North West Durham (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

North West Durham was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Durham County Football Association</span> Sport governing body in Northern England

The Durham County Football Association is the governing body of football in the county of Durham, from grassroots to professional level. The Durham FA was founded on 25 March 1883. They run a number of cups for teams across the county for under-18, under-21, ladies teams, and an under-18 representative team.

The Durham County Challenge Cup is an annual football competition held between the clubs of the Durham County Football Association which was first played in 1884. It is the senior county cup for the historic county of Durham, which includes Durham, Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, South Tyneside, Stockton-on-Tees, and Sunderland. The first winners were Sunderland.

The 2018–19 season was the 121st in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. The league has operated two divisions in the English football league system, Division One at step 5, and Division Two at step 6.

The 2019–20 season was the 122nd in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England. The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May. These were subject to appeal, and the Northern League's constitution was ratified at the league's annual general meeting (AGM) on 15 June.

The 2020–21 season was the 123rd in the history of the Northern Football League, a football competition in England. The league has operated two divisions in the English football league system, Division One at step 5, and Division Two at step 6.

County Durham is a local government district in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is governed by Durham County Council, a unitary authority. The district has an area of 2,232.6 km², and contains 135 civil parishes. It forms part of the larger ceremonial county of Durham, together with boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool, and the part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees.

The county of Durham has returned 7 MPs to the UK Parliament since 1983. Under the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974, the boundaries of the historic/administrative county were significantly altered with the north-east of the county, comprising more than half the electorate, being transferred to the new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. In addition, the borough of Hartlepool was included in the new county of Cleveland. These changes were reflected in the following redistribution of parliamentary seats which did not come into effect until the 1983 general election, resulting in a reduction in the county's representation from 16 to 7 MPs.

Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.

References

External links

Schools - Durham County Council

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

v t e Schools in County Durham
Secondary	Belmont Community School Bishop Barrington Academy Consett Academy Dene Academy Durham Academy Durham Johnston Comprehensive School Easington Academy Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College Framwellgate School Durham Greenfield Academy Hermitage Academy King James I Academy North Durham Academy Park View School Parkside Academy St Bede's RC School Lanchester St Bede's RC School Peterlee St John's Catholic School St Leonard's Catholic School Seaham High School Sedgefield Community College Shotton Hall Academy Staindrop Academy Tanfield School Teesdale School UTC South Durham Wellfield School Whitworth Park Academy Wolsingham School Woodham Academy
Special	Hope Wood Academy
Independent	Barnard Castle School Durham High School for Girls Durham School
Further Education	Bishop Auckland College Derwentside College Durham Sixth Form Centre East Durham College New College Durham
Defunct	Chorister School Fyndoune Community College Roseberry College Spennymoor Grammar School

v t e Ceremonial county of Durham
Unitary authorities	Borough of Darlington Borough of Hartlepool Borough of Stockton-on-Tees (part) County Durham
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Barnard Castle Billingham Bishop Auckland Chester-le-Street Chilton Consett Crook Darlington Durham Eaglescliffe Easington Colliery Ferryhill Hartlepool Middleton-in-Teesdale Newton Aycliffe Peterlee Seaham Sedgefield Shildon Spennymoor Stanhope Stanley Stockton-on-Tees Tow Law Wolsingham See also: Durham
Topics	Flag Parliamentary constituencies Places Population of major settlements SSSIs Schools Country houses Museums Grade I listed buildings Scheduled monuments Lord Lieutenant High Sheriff

v t e Schools in England
East of England	Bedford Cambridgeshire Central Bedfordshire Essex Hertfordshire Luton Norfolk Peterborough Southend-on-Sea Suffolk Thurrock
South East	Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Buckinghamshire East Sussex Hampshire Isle of Wight Kent Medway Milton Keynes Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Surrey West Berkshire West Sussex Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham
South West	Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Bristol Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Somerset South Gloucestershire Swindon Torbay Wiltshire
Yorkshire and the Humber	Barnsley Bradford Calderdale Doncaster East Riding of Yorkshire Hull Kirklees Leeds North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Yorkshire Rotherham Sheffield Wakefield York
North East	Darlington Durham Gateshead Hartlepool Middlesbrough North Tyneside Northumberland Newcastle upon Tyne Redcar and Cleveland South Tyneside Stockton-on-Tees Sunderland
North West	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bolton Bury Cumberland Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Halton Knowsley Lancashire Liverpool Manchester Oldham Rochdale Salford Sefton St Helens Stockport Tameside Trafford Warrington Westmorland and Furness Wigan Wirral
East Midlands	Derby Derbyshire Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Rutland West Northamptonshire
Greater London	Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden City of London Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster
West Midlands	Birmingham Coventry Dudley Herefordshire Sandwell Shropshire Solihull Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Telford and Wrekin Walsall Warwickshire Wolverhampton Worcestershire
See also	Middle Schools Grammars Private (independent) State Boarding Oldest

List of schools in County Durham

Contents

State-funded schools

Primary schools

Secondary schools

Special and alternative schools

Further education

Independent schools

Primary and preparatory schools

Senior and all-through schools

Special and alternative schools

Further education

Related Research Articles

References

External links