St Leonard's Catholic School is a secondary school located in Durham. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 11/05/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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North End, Durham

School Information

Address: North End, Durham, DH1 4NG
Website: http://www.st-leonards.durham.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01913848575
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: County Durham
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Christopher Hammill
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 143583

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 11/05/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1265
Number of Pupils: 1386
Number of Boys: 642
Number of Girls: 744

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.09 Confidence interval -0.26 to 0.08
Of the 220 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 212 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:81%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:44%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.66
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Crossgate Peth , DH1 4QB
4out of 4 1,392 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery
Relly Path , Neville's Cross DH1 4JG
3out of 4 1,563 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Framwellgate Moor Primary School
Newton Drive , Framwellgate Moor DH1 5BG
4out of 4 1,578 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Durham Newton Hall Infants' School
Langley Road , Newton Hall DH1 5LP
3out of 4 1,823 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School
Church Street , DH1 3DQ
3out of 4 1,841 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Leonard's Catholic School
North End , DH1 4NG
3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
Crossgate Moor , DH1 4SU
4out of 4 833 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Durham Sixth Form Centre
Providence Row , The Sands DH1 1SG
4out of 4 1,039 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Framwellgate School Durham
Newton Drive , Framwellgate Moor DH1 5BQ
2out of 4 1,662 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New College Durham
Framwellgate Moor Centre , Framwellgate Moor DH1 5ES
- not rated 1,599 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Durham Trinity School & Sports College
Dunholme Close , Aykley Heads DH1 5WB
3out of 4 814 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
The Independent Grammar School:Durham
Claypath , Durham DH1 1RH
- not rated 1,150 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
The Chorister School
The College , DH1 3EL
- not rated 1,395 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Durham School
Quarry Heads Lane , DURHAM DH1 4SZ
- not rated 1,492 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
University of Durham
University Office , Old Evet DH1 3HP
- not rated 1,585 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.