Durham Sixth Form Centre is a mixed sixth form college located in Durham, County Durham, England.[2]
| Durham Sixth Form Centre | |
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| Address | |
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Providence Row The Sands , , DH1 1SG | |
| Coordinates | 54°46′48″N 1°34′24″W / 54.77988°N 1.57332°W |
| Information | |
| Former name | Durham County Girls School |
| School type | Academy, sixth form college |
| Established | 3 September 1913 (as Durham County Girls School) |
| Local authority | Durham County Council |
| Trust | Providence Learning Partnership |
| Department for Education URN | 150012 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Headteacher | Ellen Beveridge |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Age | 16 to 19 |
| Enrolment | 1,679 as of October 2023[update][1] |
| Website | http://www.durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/ |
It is an academy administered by the Providence Learning Partnership multi-academy trust. The centre is located in Durham city centre, but enrols students from across County Durham, Sunderland and into Northumberland.[3]
Durham Sixth Form Centre offers a range of A-levels and BTECs as programmes of study for students.
The centre is working with Durham University on Durham Mathematics School, a specialist 16–18 school for mathematics which is planned to open in September 2026.[4]
History
editThe centre opened on 3 September 1913 as Durham County Girls School, with the official opening by Hensley Henson, then Dean of Durham Cathedral and later Bishop of Durham, following on 21 January 1914.[5] It was one of two schools (the other now being Durham Johnston Comprehensive School) established by the council from the bequest of Susan Johnston, the widow of James Finlay Weir Johnston the first reader in Chemistry at Durham University,[6] and it had been suggested that the school should be called the Johnston School for Girls.[5]
The girls school became mixed in 1969 and became a sixth form college in 1984.[5] In November 2023, the sixth form centre transitioned from local authority control to be part of the Providence Learning Partnership multi-academy trust, a new trust covering both Durham Sixth Form Centre and Durham Mathematics School.[7][8]
Notable alumni
edit- Matt Baker, television presenter
- Michael Adams, television personality
- Steph Houghton, professional footballer
- Connor Lawson, star of CBBC's The Dumping Ground
References
edit- ^ "Durham Sixth Form Centre". Gov.UK | Get information about schools. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Durham Sixth Form Centre". durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk.
- ^ "About us". durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Home". Durham Mathematics School. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ a b c "Our History". Durham Sixth Form Centre. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "The history of Durham Johnston". Durham Johnston Comprehensive School. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Academisation". Durham Sxith Form Center. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Schools And Teachers FAQs..." Durham Mathematics School. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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