St Leonard's

Tickets are now on sale from Ticketsource here  For any former pupils who would like to perform in the massed choir at the end of the concert will need to download a free performer’s ticket from Ticketsource.

Currently we are supporting students on the following programmes: UniversitySchemeWebsiteDurhamSupported ProgressionViewNewcastlePARTNERSViewNorthumbriaDestination NorthumbriaViewSunderlandFirst ChoiceViewTeessideSupported progressionViewYorkNext Step YorkViewLeedsAccess to LeedsViewOxfordBalliol College outreach for Humanities, Life Sciences and MathsViewOxfordAim for OxfordViewOxfordUNIQ for students with additional needs or disadvantaged backgroundsViewCambridgeChrist’s-Trinity Women in MathsViewCambridgeArts and Humanities Residential Course (Pembroke College)View

This week’s family update can be found here.

Seven of our Year 13 students have received offers of places at Oxford or Cambridge universities. It is an outstanding achievement to be offered places at such highly competitive institutions and is testament to their incredible hard work over many years including outstanding GCSE results, engagement with super-curricular activities, excellent work towards their A-levels, entrance […]

We welcomed Rev Canon Caroline Dick from St Cuthbert’s Church of England parish to lead our reflections and prayers in the week that marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. We cannot fathom the depth of suffering for so many millions of Jewish and other victims of the Holocaust, but we can start […]

A lovely news report from ITV that talks through the journey of the last 12 months – ‘the come back kids’ – ‘top set results in an outstanding school with a £71million new build just around the corner.’

We are delighted to share with families our Ofsted Report following the visit in early October. This report is an important milestone for our school, alongside our academic results and the new build. To receive a report of this nature is an impressive achievement in itself. To have done so against the background of RAAC […]

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 […]