Durham Sixth Form Centre

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| former_name = Durham County Girls School

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| established = {{Start date|1913|09|03|df=y}} (as Durham County Girls School)

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| fundingtype = Academy

| schooltype = sixth form college

| trust = Providence Learning Partnership

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| head = Joanne Lain

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| address = Providence Row
The Sands

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| city = Durham

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| postcode = DH1 1SG

| county = County Durham

| country = England

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| local_authority = Durham County Council

| dfeno = 840/4191

| urn = 150012

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| enrolment = 1,679 {{As of|October 2023|lc=on}}{{cite web|url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/114310|title=Durham Sixth Form Centre|website=Gov.UK {{!}} Get information about schools|access-date=1 November 2023}}

| gender = Mixed

| lower_age = 16

| upper_age = 19

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| website = http://www.durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/

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Durham Sixth Form Centre is a mixed sixth form college located in Durham, County Durham, England.{{cite web|url=http://www.durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/|title=Durham Sixth Form Centre|publisher=durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk}}

It is an academy administered by the Providence Learning Partnership multi-academy trust. The centre is located in Durham city centre, but enrols students from across County Durham, Sunderland and into Northumberland.{{cite web|url=http://www.durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/aboutus.html|title=About us|publisher=durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk|access-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325065701/http://durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/aboutus.html|archive-date=2016-03-25|url-status = dead}}

Durham Sixth Form Centre offers a range of A-levels and BTECs as programmes of study for students.

The centre is working with Durham University on Durham Mathematics School, a specialist 16–18 school for mathematics which is planned to open in September 2026.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://durham-mathematics-school.org.uk/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |website=Durham Mathematics School}}

History

The centre opened on 3 September 1913 as Durham County Girls School, with the official opening by Hensley Henson, then Dean of Durham Cathedral and later Bishop of Durham, following on 21 January 1914.{{cite web|url=https://www.durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/ourhistory/|title=Our History |website=Durham Sixth Form Centre|access-date=1 November 2023}} It was one of two schools (the other now being Durham Johnston Comprehensive School) established by the council from the bequest of Susan Johnston, the widow of James Finlay Weir Johnston the first reader in Chemistry at Durham University,{{cite web|url=https://www.durhamjohnston.org.uk/about/history|title=The history of Durham Johnston|website=Durham Johnston Comprehensive School|access-date=1 November 2023}} and it had been suggested that the school should be called the Johnston School for Girls.

The girls school became mixed in 1969 and became a sixth form college in 1984. In November 2023, the sixth form centre transitioned from local authority control to be part of the Providence Learning Partnership multi-academy trust, a new trust covering both Durham Sixth Form Centre and Durham Mathematics School.{{cite web|url=https://www.durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/academisation/|title=Academisation|website=Durham Sxith Form Center|access-date=30 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://durham-mathematics-school.org.uk/schools-and-teachers-faqs/|title=Schools And Teachers FAQs...|website=Durham Mathematics School|access-date=30 October 2023}}

Notable alumni

Matt Baker, television presenter
Michael Adams, television personality
Steph Houghton, professional footballer
Connor Lawson, star of CBBC's The Dumping Ground

References

External links

[http://www.durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/ Durham Sixth Form Centre official website]

Category:Education in County Durham

Category:Community schools in County Durham

Category:Schools in Durham, England