New College Durham

About New College Durham

New College Durham, a state secondary for students aged 16 to 99, sits slightly below the County Durham average when it comes to academic progress. Its Progress 8 score of -0.25 is a touch weaker than the local authority average of -0.21, meaning pupils here make marginally less progress than their peers across the county. This places the school 22nd out of 31 similar schools in the area, putting it in the bottom half of the local league table. Nationally, it ranks in the 68th percentile, which is a middling position. The school is heavily skewed towards disadvantaged intake, with 61.1% of pupils eligible for free school meals, a figure that is notably high and likely influences its headline metrics. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, the school was rated Requires Improvement across all categories, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. This was a downgrade from its previous inspection in 2018, which also rated it Requires Improvement overall but had judged leadership and management as Good.

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