Education
Further information: List of schools in DurhamThe town itself has three secondary schools — St John's Catholic School, The Bishop Barrington School and King James I Academy. The town also has a college, Bishop Auckland College serving the Further Education and Higher Education fields. Both Bishop Barrington and King James schools have long histories being founded in 1810 by Bishop Barrington and in 1604 on the orders of King James I respectively.
In the government's Level 2 CVA (Contextual Value Added) statistic, which measures how much a school improves students between the end of National Curriculum Key Stage 2 and the end of Key Stage 4, compared with how much other schools in the country improve students with similar circumstances, King James scored 1039.9 points, Barrington 1019.3 points and St John's scored a below average 997.4 points (with 1000 points being the target baseline).
At A-Level in 2009, none of the towns sixth form centres average points scores reached the national average of 739.1 A-Level points per student or the LEA average of 664.1 points. Amongst sixth form centres in the town, St John's performed best with an average score of 661.5 points per student. In comparison, King James had an average A-Level score of 557 points and Bishop Auckland College with 459.3 points taking last position in the LEA in terms of A-Level point score, a position occupied by King James in the previous year. The Bishop Barrington School no longer has its own sixth form, with the school being a feeder for Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington. The average A-Level points score at Queen Elizabeth being 871.8. The needs of those with special educational needs are served by Evergreen Primary.
Schools in the town serving primary age education are detailed in the table below.
| School | Results | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Cockton Hill Infant | Ofsted | http://www.cocktonhill-inf.durham.sch.uk/ |
| Cockton Hill Junior | Ofsted | http://www.cocktonhilljuniors.co.uk/ |
| Copeland Road Primary | Ofsted | http://www.copelandroad.durham.sch.uk/ |
| Etherley Lane Primary | Ofsted | http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/elane.durham/ |
| Oakley Cross Primary | Ofsted | http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/oakleyx.durham/ |
| St Andrew's Primary | Ofsted | http://st-andrews-pri.itss-durham.org.uk/ |
| St Anne's CofE Primary | Ofsted | http://www.st-annes-pri.durham.sch.uk/ |
| St Helen Auckland Community Primary | Ofsted | - |
| St Wilfrid's RC Primary | Ofsted | http://www.st-wilfrids.durham.sch.uk/ |
| Woodhouse Community Primary | Ofsted | http://www.woodhousecommunity.durham.sch.uk/ |
| Evergreen Primary School | Ofsted | http://www.evergreenschool.co.uk/ |
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