St Leonard's

Please see the link to this week’s Family Update.

Please see the link to this week’s Family Update.

Students at St Leonard’s Catholic School, Durham, after a challenging year around RAAC, have pulled together to achieve another set of fantastic results of which we could not be prouder. 40% of A Level entries were awarded top A*/A grades.  82% of students are moving on to their first choice of University, including 10 students to […]

We are celebrating record results. Around 25% of all grades were 9-8 and 90% 9-4. The overall progress will be around +0.7, which again will be amongst the highest performing schools in the North East. This level of achievement is very special in itself. Against the backdrop of RAAC and the fact no student received […]

Please see the link to this week’s Family Update.

The weather was four seasons in one day for our last regatta of the year, at Talkin’ Tarn, near Carlisle. It was a close call for our girls’ crews and a winning day for our boys with the J18’s claiming the first pots, after a choppy start on the lake. Hard fought heats resulted in […]

A positive news story about the incredible progress our school has made in the six months since the RAAC discovery. We are very proud of the whole school community. The future is bright!

The first in a series of podcasts by our pupil leadership team, reflecting on current matters relevant  both to daily life in school and in the wider world.  This week: what’s new?

On Wednesday the 4th of February, the Computer Science department took the ‘Algorithm Avengers’ team to the regional final of the CyberFirst competition at RTC North in Sunderland. The team had to compete against 9 other teams from the North-East on problem solving and cyber security challenges designed by different technology companies who are based […]

On Tuesday the 13th February, a very special concert took place at Durham’s magnificent Town Hall. James Weeks, the conductor of Exaudi, a small professional chamber choir, has been working on composition with Year 13 A Level music pupils since the spring of 2023. Following a series of workshops in school, the compositions were finally performed […]

In October 2023 the school moved Year 7 and 8 to Ushaw College, so we could resume Face to Face Teaching for all year groups as soon as possible. This allowed the school to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, and we are grateful that Durham University and Ushaw were able to be accommodate us […]

Six brilliant candidates have received offers from Oxford or Cambridge this year. Congratulations to them all and we wish them every success as they prepare for their A Levels. Thank you to Miss Bird and all the Sixth Form staff who have given excellent support – as ever – during the application process. 

We are thrilled and delighted that Ian Stonehouse’s unique service, spanning 40 years has been recognised by British Rowing in awarding Ian the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. It is no surprise that Ian was described as ‘a tremendous example to every pupil’.  All the staff, families and students of St Leonard’s pass on our congratulations to Ian and […]