Durham Sixth Form Centre
16 plus · Academy 16-19 converter · Mixed · County Durham
Providence Row, Durham, DH1 1SG
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,747
Capacity used
Has space87%
2,000 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy 16-19 converter
- Phase
- 16 plus
- Age range
- 16–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Ellen Beveridge
- Address
- Providence Row, The Sands, Durham, DH1 1SG
- Phone
- 01913830708
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward / constituency
- Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe · City of Durham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150012
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 3% | — | — |
Academy trust: PROVIDENCE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
1,747 pupils · 2,000 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportA-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.84 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 23.1% | 17% |
| A-level students | 651 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 155 | 19% | 50% | 70% | |
| Biology | 144 | 6% | 33% | 60% | |
| Psychology | 129 | 9% | 29% | 66% | |
| Chemistry | 105 | 11% | 38% | 66% | |
| History | 104 | 3% | 22% | 58% | |
| Geography | 73 | 4% | 16% | 47% | |
| English Language | 73 | 4% | 25% | 64% | |
| English Literature | 73 | 16% | 37% | 63% | |
| Physics | 69 | 9% | 39% | 61% | |
| Sociology | 57 | 16% | 51% | 86% | |
| Business Studies | 56 | 2% | 20% | 79% | |
| Law | 54 | 6% | 24% | 63% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10555: Durham Sixth Form Centre
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 17 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.