Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
Crossgate Moor, Durham, DH1 4SU
1,667 pupils · 98% of 1,700 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 15.6%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 4 February 2025, published 10 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 62.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 79.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 29.5% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.28 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 257 | 328 | 783 | 257 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 260 | 309 | 780 | 260 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 263 | 364 | 774 | 263 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 258 | 366 | 800 | 258 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 262 | 347 | 785 | 262 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 262 | 355 | 773 | 262 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 265 | 333 | 745 | 265 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 266 | 334 | 724 | 266 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham 0.8 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Framwellgate School Durham 2.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Durham Academy 2.7 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Belmont Community School 4.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Hermitage Academy 8 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Park View School 8.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.