Editing Durham, England (section)

==Education==
{{further|List of schools in Durham}}
Results relate to the 2008 examination series.

=== Primary ===
Primary schools include:
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* Shincliffe Primary School
* Finchale Primary School
* Framwellgate Moor Primary School 
* Durham Blue Coat Junior School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/6dd7b5dc2feef3588025758300591732/594606df070bfcb88025763d001ea01c?OpenDocument|title=Durham Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Durham Gilesgate Primary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/6dd7b5dc2feef3588025758300591732/78bed95e3d608e658025763d001ea05c?OpenDocument|title=Durham Gilesgate Primary|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* St Joseph's RCVA Primary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/6dd7b5dc2feef3588025758300591732/76cb9c40e273a02e8025763d001eb732?OpenDocument|title=St Joseph's RCVA Primary|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* St Godric's RC Primary School
* St Margaret's CofE Primary School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/6dd7b5dc2feef3588025758300591732/93408054c5c413b18025763d001ea0d5?OpenDocument|title=Durham St Margaret's CofE Primary|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* St Oswald's CofE Infant School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/6dd7b5dc2feef3588025758300591732/88033bfa55876c6d8025763d001eb909?OpenDocument|title=St Oswald's C.E. Aided Infant and Nursery|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Nevilles Cross Primary School
* St Hild's College CE Aided Primary School
}}

=== Secondary ===
Durham is served by four state secondary schools:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:left;"
!School!!GCSE Results (percentage A* to C)!!<ref name=bbcres>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/08/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/840.stm|title=Secondary schools in Durham|publisher=BBC|access-date=26 September 2009|date=15 January 2009|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526054544/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/08/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/840.stm|archive-date=26 May 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> A/AS Average points<ref name=bbcres />
|-
|[[Belmont School Community Arts College|Belmont School Community and Arts College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/1e00e88b8d2d840f8025757f005a4378/2c4ede1dcec12a048025763d001e9803?OpenDocument|title=Belmont School Community and Arts College|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>||48%||N/A
|-
|[[Durham Johnston Comprehensive School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/1e00e88b8d2d840f8025757f005a4378/c288718dfa815ac98025763d001ea0ae?OpenDocument|title=Durham Johnston Comprehensive|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>||89%||853.1
|-
|[[Framwellgate School Durham]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/1e00e88b8d2d840f8025757f005a4378/cb4bb4dd95b2d6cf8025763d001ea4a0?OpenDocument|title=Framwellgate School Durham|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>||77%||645.8
|-
|[[St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham|St Leonard's Catholic School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nd.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/directory.nsf/1e00e88b8d2d840f8025757f005a4378/ddffca4ac3f602278025763d001eb788?OpenDocument|title=St Leonard's Catholic|publisher=Durham County Council|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>||65%||751
|}

===College or sixth form===
[[File:Gardens at Houghall College - geograph.org.uk - 3242401.jpg|thumb|[[East Durham College]], Houghall campus]]
[[New College Durham]] is the city's largest college of [[further education]]. It was founded in 1977 as a result of a merger between Neville's Cross College of Education and Durham Technical College. The college operated on two main sites near the city of Durham: [[Neville's Cross]] and [[Framwellgate Moor]]. The site at Framwellgate Moor opened in 1957 and has subsequently been rebuilt. The Neville's Cross centre is now home to [[Ustinov College]], the postgraduate college of Durham University.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.palatinate.org.uk/ustinov-college-building-recognised-for-historic-importance-with-blue-plaque/|title=Ustinov College building recognised for historic importance with blue plaque|date=24 March 2023|author= Becks Fleet|work=[[Palatinate (newspaper)|Palatinate]]}}</ref>

[[Durham Sixth Form Centre]] specialises in [[sixth form]] courses, while [[East Durham College]] has a campus specialising in land-based education at Houghall on the eastern outskirts of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edc.ac.uk/discover/locations/houghall-campus|title=Houghall campus|website=East Durham College|access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref>

====Independent====
[[File:Durham School.jpg|thumb|alt=A picture of Durham School chapel in the snow with Durham Cathedral in the background|Durham School with Durham Cathedral in the background, January 2010]]
There are three independent schools:

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:left;"
!School!!GCSE Results (percentage A* to C)!!<ref name=bbcres /> A/AS Average points<ref name=bbcres />
|-
|[[Chorister School, Durham|The Chorister School]]||N/A||N/A
|-
|[[Durham High School for Girls]]||98%||854.8
|-
|[[Durham School]]||76%||807.1
|}

===University===
[[File:Ustinov College, Durham (geograph 7137447).jpg|thumb|[[Sheraton, County Durham|Sheraton]] Hall used by [[Ustinov College]]]]
Durham is home to [[Durham University]]. It was founded as the University of Durham (which remains its official and legal name)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/about/trading_name/|title=The University : Trading Name – Durham University|access-date=3 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115232550/http://www.dur.ac.uk/about/trading_name/|archive-date=15 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a [[Royal Charter]] in 1837. It was one of the first universities to open in England for more than 600 years, and is claimed to be [[Third-oldest university in England debate|England's third oldest]] after the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Durham University has an international reputation for excellence, as reflected by its ranking in the top 200 of the world's universities.<ref>{{cite web|title=The World University Rankings|date=11 January 2024 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/durham-university}}</ref>