Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
B70
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Durham, DH1 4SU
- Distance
- 0.8km away
St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
North End, Durham, DH1 4NG
Local ranking1st of 30 secondary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1265
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 57.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 36.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 225
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 68.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 9.0%
- Employment
- 14.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
38.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
38.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
95
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 24.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 37.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 208
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1260
- Boys
- 616 (49%)
- Girls
- 644 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1265 (100% full)
- SEND
- 8.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.3%
- EAL
- 7.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 7.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,734/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 83.1%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Other: 2.3%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
- Black African: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
83.1%
White British
4.5%
White Other
2.3%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 143583
- UKPRN
- 10061772
- Establishment No.
- 4691
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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