Durham Sixth Form Centre
Sixth form and 16 to 19 school · Academy 16-19 converter · ages 16 to 19 · Mixed
Providence Row, The Sands, Durham, DH1 1SG
- Pupils1,747
- Ages16 to 19
- Latest Ofsted–
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Ofsted’s data has no published inspection for this school yet. New schools, and schools that have reopened under a new reference number (for example on becoming an academy), may not have been inspected in their current form.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at the date in About the data). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
Sixth form results (16 to 18)
2024/25 · 1,707 students. What these mean
A level average grade
B
Average point score per entry: 39.84 · County Durham: 35.7 · England (state-funded schools): 35
Best 3 A levels: average grade
B
Applied general qualifications: average grade
Dist+
A level progress (value added)
How well students did in their A levels compared with students across England with similar earlier results. 0 is about the same.
2024/25
+0.04
The DfE gives a range of −0.01 to +0.10 (95% confidence interval). The range includes 0, so we can’t say it differs from the national average.
Progress band: Average (published as a number from 1 to 5; how we word it)
AAB or better at A level, with at least 2 facilitating subjects
A level students retained to the end of their course
Results describe one group of pupils in one year, so they can change a lot — especially in small schools. The DfE says “conclusions should not be drawn on a single piece of data alone.” This school on the DfE’s performance tables (opens in a new tab).
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 1,747 (capacity 2,000)
1,084 girls, 663 boys - Eligible for free school meals
- 0% (currently eligible, census of January 2026)
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
First language not English
This is not a measure of how well pupils speak English.
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy 16-19 converter (Academies)
- Phase
- 16 plus
- Trust
- PROVIDENCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 November 2023
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Parliamentary constituency
- City of Durham
- URN
- 150012 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
For a sixth-form place you apply directly to the school or college.
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.