Schools in County Durham
Ranked by our score, closest first where two schools tie.
County Durham has 266 schools: 211 primary schools, 37 secondary schools, 10 nursery schools, 5 all-through schools and 1 sixth forms and colleges. Between them they teach around 72,384 pupils. 218 of them have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.9 out of 10, and 12 score 8 or above.
16 schools have a sixth form. 168 have an attached nursery. 66 have a religious character, which usually means their own admissions criteria.
Jump to primary schools, secondary schools, nursery schools, all-through schools or sixth forms and colleges.
Primary
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle
Barnard Castle, DL12 8JR
7.7/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 103
Primary
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street
Chester le Street, DH3 3PH
7.0/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 216
Primary
St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School
Durham, DH1 3DQ
6.7/10- Ages
- 2–11
- Pupils
- 137
Primary
St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon
Shildon, DL4 2EQ
6.4/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 239
Primary
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park
Bishop Auckland, DL14 0EP
6.2/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 57
Primary
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5NP
6.2/10- Ages
- 4–11
- Pupils
- 162
Secondary
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JT
6.1/10- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1229
Primary
Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate
Consett, DH8 7SN
6.0/10- Ages
- 2–11
- Pupils
- 60
Primary
Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool
Darlington, DL2 3DR
5.9/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 42
Secondary
St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College
Peterlee, SR8 1DE
5.9/10- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 891
Primary
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington
Crook,, DL15 0PB
5.6/10- Ages
- 2–11
- Pupils
- 122
Secondary
St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester
Durham, DH7 0RD
5.2/10- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1240
Primary
Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Chester le Street, DH2 2JT
4.9/10- Ages
- 0–11
- Pupils
- 260
Primary
Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law
Bishop Auckland, DL13 4AU
4.3/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 83
Primary
Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery
Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4EX
4.2/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 222
Primary
Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor
Durham, DH7 7LF
4.1/10- Ages
- 4–11
- Pupils
- 98
Primary
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland, DL14 6QH
2.7/10- Ages
- 3–11
- Pupils
- 219
All-through
North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe School
Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6UN
No score- Ages
- 3–19
- Pupils
- 60
Primary · Not applicable
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Peterlee, SR8 4AB
No score- Ages
- 5–11
- Pupils
- 99
Primary
St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham
Durham, DH1 2HZ
No score- Ages
- 2–11
- Pupils
- 167