UK Schools
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
Durham Johnston Comprehensive School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Durham, Durham County Council, teaching 1,667 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in February 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 55.2 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 7 holidays and 1 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Durham Johnston Comprehensive School.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Durham Johnston Comprehensive School.
- 3 School Reopens / Start of Autumn Term
- 24–31 Autumn Half Term
- 1–3 Autumn Half Term
- 27–30 Inset Day / School Closed
- 1 Inset Day / School Closed
- 19–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–5 Christmas Holiday
- 20–28 Spring Half Term
- 1–2 Spring Half Term
- 2–20 Easter Holiday
- 1–5 May Day Holiday
- 22–31 Summer Half Term
- 1 Summer Half Term
- 17–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–3 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School Reopens / Start of Autumn Term Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 24 - Nov 3, 2025 Holiday
- Inset Day / School Closed Nov 27 - Dec 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 - Jan 5, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Feb 20 - Mar 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Apr 2 - Apr 20, 2026 Holiday
- May Day Holiday May 1 - May 5, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 22 - Jun 1, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 17 - Sep 3, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Durham Johnston Comprehensive School with Durham County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 55.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Durham County Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 39.67 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Durham County Council England
Attendance 15.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Durham County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 96% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Durham County Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
This school Durham County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Durham Johnston Comprehensive School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Durham Johnston Comprehensive School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.