12 January 2011 Last updated at 09:30

Secondary schools and colleges in Durham

• National average
• Average for this local authority

% of pupils achieving 5 A*-C GCSEs including maths and English

Year	National average	Local average
2010	53.4	55.8
2009	49.8	48.7
2008	47.6	44.5
2007	46.3	42.3

Average point score per pupil at A/AS-level and equivalents

Year	National average	Local average
2010	744.8	662.3
2009	739.3	664
2008	740	657.6
2007	731.2	651.6

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What does this mean? School name	What does this mean? % 5 A*-C GCSEs	What does this mean? English Bacc	What does this mean? CVA	What does this mean? A/AS points
Source: All data from Department for Education
Durham High School for Girls (IND)	98	85	NA	843.9
Durham School (IND)	82	62	NA	763.4
Barnard Castle School (IND)	90	54	NA	729.8
St Leonard's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Comprehensive School	76	34	996.8	810.4
Park View Community School	64	30	998.6	816.7
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School	71	29	1006.3	894.4
Framwellgate School Durham	70	27	1025.1	743.8
Teesdale School	68	26	1005.4	706.2
St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester	77	21	1038.9	783.7
Moorside Community Technology College	62	18	1025.2	NA
Belmont School Community Arts College	45	15	1005.4	NA
The Hermitage School	53	14	1022.6	890.4
Woodham Community Technology College	49	14	993.8	NA
Consett Community Sports College	57	11	1006.4	NA
Wolsingham School and Community College	61	11	1011.1	635.3
Sedgefield Community College a Specialist Sports College	64	9	1019.4	NA
Greencroft Business and Enterprise Community School	48	8	1003.6	NA
Parkside Sports College	50	7	1080.4	NA
Roseberry Sports and Community College	41	7	1033.5	476.5
Tanfield School, Specialist College of Science and Engineering	65	7	1035.9	NA
Staindrop School A Business and Enterprise College	61	7	1037	NA
Tudhoe Grange School	51	6	1035.7	NA
Dene Community School of Technology	48	6	1025.1	NA
Greenfield School Community and Arts College	44	6	1000.5	NA
Shotton Hall School	59	5	1071	NA
Spennymoor Comprehensive School	55	4	1001.2	692.3
Stanley School of Technology	53	3	1049.5	NA
Seaham School of Technology	54	3	1019.5	NA
Ferryhill Business Enterprise College	52	2	1031.3	NA
St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive School and Byron College	54	2	1025.7	686.1
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form Centre	63	2	1004.5	713.9
Wellfield Community School A Specialist Maths and Computing College	40	2	1007.4	NA
Bishop Barrington School A Sports with Mathematics College	59	1	1050.9	NA
Sunnydale Community College for Maths and Computing	48	1	1037	NA
Fyndoune Community College	64	0	1054.4	NA
Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise	58	0	1051.2	NA
King James I Community Arts College	53	0	1037.8	508.7
Easington Community Science College	55	0	1039.2	NA
Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre	37	0	1048.3	761.2

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School name

Click on the name to visit the government's page of information and performance data for the school. For schools with both Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 pupils, KS5 can be reached from a link on the KS4 page. IND = independent, SEL = selective, AC = academy, SHUT = school closed since exams. More detail

% 5 A*-C GCSEs

This benchmark measure is the percentage of pupils in the school who achieve passes graded between A* and C in five GCSE or equivalent qualifications, including maths and English GCSE. SS = small school; N/A = data not available. More detail

English baccalaureate

Introduced in 2010, this is the percentage of pupils in the school achieving A*-C GCSE passes in English, maths, two science subjects, a language and history or geography. SS = small school; N/A = data not available. More detail

Contextual value-added

A statistical measure of pupils' progress between leaving primary school and finishing Key Stage 4 (age 16), in comparison to other children from similar backgrounds. Higher numbers indicate better progress. WARNING: This measure cannot be ranked accurately - sorting the table gives a general indication only. SS = small school; N/A = data not available. More detail

A/AS-level points

Points are allocated for A-levels, AS-levels and other Key Stage 5 qualifications, depending on the grade achieved. The score is the average number of points per pupil at the institution. More detail