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Durham Sixth Form Centre

2017 Full Inspection Report
What does the school need to do to improve further?
  • Continue to share the outstanding practice which exists in teaching, learning and assessment, particularly in providing challenge for the cohort of students identified by the school as ‘most able’.
  • Further develop students’ speaking skills.

2012 Full Inspection Report
What does the school need to do to improve further?
  • Further raise achievement and make students’ progress more rapid by:
    • continuing to make sure that students of all abilities are fully stretched and challenged in every lesson, including the most able
    • ensuring that work is always matched to individual needs and starting points.
  • Ensure that all teaching is good or better by:
    • building on the good professional development practice in the school
    • making sure that all teachers are familiar with outstanding teaching strategies and how to use them.

2009 Full Inspection Report
What the school should do to improve further
  • Improve lessons by ensuring all students are challenged by their work, particularly the more able.
  • Improve the progress made by students in English and mathematics.
  • Use data more effectively to measure overall performance, particularly in the sixth form.

2006 Full Inspection Report
What the school should do to improve further
  • Raise standards throughout Key Stages 3 and 4.
  • Raise achievement in Key Stages 3 and 4 by providing more challenge in teaching and by encouraging students to think for themselves and learn independently.
  • Improve students’ ability to speak and write fluently.

1999 Full Inspection Report

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Report Recommendations