St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham

Secondary Academy Durham 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Inspected 📊 Attainment 8: 57.7

St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham is a mixed secondary academy in Durham, Durham County Council, teaching 1,293 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 57.7 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 17 holidays and 3 INSET days.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour & attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership & managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 · Inspected 8 Oct 2024 · Published 17 Nov 2024
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham.

St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Inset Day (School Closed)
  • 2–30 Autumn Term (Half Term One)
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–24 Autumn Term (Half Term One)
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 3–30 Autumn Term (Half Term Two)
  • 28 Inset Day (School Closed)
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–19 Autumn Term (Half Term Two)
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Inset Day (School Closed)
  • 6–31 Spring Term (Half Term One)
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–20 Spring Term (Half Term One)
  • 23–27 Spring Half Term Holiday
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 2–31 Spring Term (Half Term Two)
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–2 Spring Term (Half Term Two)
  • 3–17 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 20–30 Summer Term (Half Term One)
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–22 Summer Term (Half Term One)
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term (Half Term Two)
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–17 Summer Term (Half Term Two)
  • 18–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday
September 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1 Summer Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term (Half Term One) Sep 2, 2025 - Oct 24, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
  • Autumn Term (Half Term Two) Nov 3, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (Half Term One) Jan 6, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 23, 2026 - Feb 27, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term (Half Term Two) Mar 2, 2026 - Apr 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Apr 3, 2026 - Apr 17, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (Half Term One) Apr 20, 2026 - May 22, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half Term Holiday May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term (Half Term Two) Jun 1, 2026 - Jul 17, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Jul 18, 2026 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day (School Closed) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day (School Closed) Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day (School Closed) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
57.7 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 9%
59.1% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 17%
38.91 A level average score England 35 Top 20%
15.9% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham with Durham County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 57.7 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Durham County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 57.7
Durham County Council 44.1 England 46.1 +11.6 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 59.1%
Durham County Council 41.6% England 45.4% +13.7 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 46.9
Durham County Council 35.6 England 34.9 +12 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 12.7
Durham County Council 12.5 England 15.5 -2.8 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 15.1%
Durham County Council 31.9% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 225
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 38.91 A level average point score

Results for students finishing post-16 study.

This school Durham County Council England

A level average point score · Per entry, 50 = A* 38.91
Durham County Council 35.7 England 35 +3.9 vs England
A level students · Small cohorts swing wildly 95
Attendance 15.9% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Durham County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 15.9%
Durham County Council 18.8% England 17.8% -1.8 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 6.5%
Durham County Council 6.9% England 6.8% -0.2 vs 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

In education, apprenticeship or work 96%
Durham County Council 89% England 92% +4 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 100%
Durham County Council 80% England 83% +17 vs England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 92% In education, apprenticeship or work

Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.

This school Durham County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 92%
Durham County Council 76% England 79% +13 vs England
Went to higher education 68%
Durham County Council 32% England 37% +31 vs 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 St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham. 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 catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham 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.