Derwentside College
Derwentside College is a further education in Consett for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Front Street, Consett, DH8 5EE01207 585900derwentside.ac.ukMr Chris Todd principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
341 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 341 | 303 | 312 | 316 | 578 | 641 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | – | – | – | – | – | 34.00 |
| Average A level grade | z | z | z | z | – | C+ |
| T levels: points per entry | 21.70 | – | 29.55 | – | – | – |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to County Durham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 228 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 40%, compared with 69% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 18% went on to degree-level study or training and 0% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 58% | 57% | 54% | – |
| Education | 9% | 7% | 8% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 12% | 12% | 14% | 1% |
| Work | 37% | 38% | 33% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 39% | 38% | 41% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Independent School | Independent | 340 m | 46 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Learning for Life | Special post 16 institution | 580 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Consett Infant School | Council | 620 m | 153 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett | Academy | 690 m | 372 | Not inspected | 18 | Compare |
| Consett Academy | Academy | 990 m | 1,493 | Good 2023 | 46 | Compare |
| Consett Junior School | Council | 0.7 miles | 228 | Good 2023 | 52 | Compare |
| Beechdale Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.7 miles | 61 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Delves Lane Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 274 | Report card 2026 | 3 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Derwentside College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Derwentside College yet.
How many pupils does Derwentside College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Front Street, Consett, DH8 5EE
- Telephone
- 01207 585900
- Website
- www.derwentside.ac.uk
- Principal
- Mr Chris Todd
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward
- Consett North
- Constituency
- Blaydon and Consett
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130658 · LAESTAB 8408003 · UKPRN 10001934
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.