Welcome

Welcome to Wolsingham School, where we have been teaching children from Western and Central County Durham for more than 400 years.

At Wolsingham School, we aim to help every child to reach their fullest potential, achieve highly and become thoughtful, happy and well-rounded adults. Our school is based on four Core Values: Work Hard, Get Involved, Be Kind and Take Responsibility. To learn more about this, please see our Ethos and Values page.

Wolsingham School is extremely proud to be a member of the Advance Learning Partnership Multi-Academy Trust, whose schools work together to provide “Excellent Education through Collaboration”.

Students arrive at Wolsingham School from over 25 primary schools and flourish in our highly supportive community. If you would like to learn more about our school or are considering joining us, please feel free to contact us at info@wolsinghamschool.net for a tour or further information.

Statutory Information and Contextual Data

• Wolsingham School is a smaller than average size community school and serves a rural area to the west of Durham. From September 2024, there are approximately 760 students on roll.
• A very large proportion of students are of White British heritage (95.8%) and the remainder are from a range of minority ethnic groups. The proportion of students whose first language is not English is very low (0.5%)
• The proportion of students who receive support through pupil premium funding is similar to the national average. (31%)
• The proportion of students with special educational needs is slightly above the national average (23%)
• The school meets the government’s current floor standards.
• A number of the feeder schools are extremely small rural primaries where the new Year 7 students may have been the only Year 6 in their final year of KS2. Most students travel to school by bus and some travel considerable distances.
• A very small number of students attend alternative off-site provision.
• The school moved into new and remodelled accommodation in April 2016.

Mr N Mitchinson

Headteacher