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Durham County Council (1974 - 2009)

Reference: DC/Ed Catalogue Title: Durham County Council (1974 - 2009) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Education Department - educational development, curriculum, performance, exams

Covering Dates: 1967-2009

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Durham County Council, Education Department (Ref: DC/Ed)Educational Development (Ref: DC/Ed)Working parties on re-organisation of Secondary Education (Ref: DC/Ed 283-284, 842-844)

Shildon Area - Reorganisation of Secondary Schools; Transport of Pupils; Catchment Areas of Primary Schools, 9 October 1967 - 23 November 1971
(1 file)


Bishop Auckland Working Party Secondary Reorganisation, 24 September 1974 - 20 July 1978
(1 file)


Secondary Reorganisation Working Party [Letters of correspondence; minutes; reports], 22 April 1974 - 25 July 1978
(1 file)


Durham Working Party [Letters of correspondence; minutes; reports], 29 January 1975 - 6 February 1981
(1 file)


Willington Parkside/Wolsingham Comprehensive Working Party, 16-19 age group, [Letters of correspondence; minutes; reports], 29 September 1977 - 5 December 1983 Includes statistics from 1976)
(1 file)

LEA Development Plan (Ref: DC/Ed 3395/1-2)

LEA development plan, 1997-2000, 1997
(1 booklet, printed)


Partners in Learning: The LEA Strategic Plan, 2000-2003, and Review of Progress, 1999-2000, 2000
(1 booklet, printed)

Education Development Plan (Ref: DC/Ed 1872V, 3400)

Durham County Council Education Development Plan, June 1984
(1 file)


County Durham Education Year Book, 1997
(1 booklet, printed)

Curriculum and Teaching Guidance (Ref: DC/Ed)History curriculum (Ref: DC/Ed 3398)

History Assessment File, containing materials and guidance for teachers, compiled by a working party of named teachers, inspectors and support teachers during the first year of the national curriculum, n.d. [1990]
(53 papers)

Children in care (Ref: DC/Ed 3401/1)

Durham County Council Guidance on the Education of Children in Public Care, July 2000
(1 file, printed)

Performance Review Section (Ref: DC/Ed)School statistics (Ref: DC/Ed 1872A-L)

Forms 7 and 11
These forms are the originals providing information for the Department of Education and Science and contain statistics for each school (numbers and age range of pupils, numbers of staff, etc.) One year in four has been retained as a sample.


1986/87


1990/91


1994/95


1998/99

Examination Results Surveys (Ref: DC/Ed 1872M-U)

G1 reports give an overall number of attempts, entries and passes at G.C.S.E. for each school
G4 reports give the numbers and percentages of pupils getting various grades at GCSE, by Examination Board
G5 reports list entries or attempts with overall attainment, for example a pupil attempting 8 subjects and achieving 5 A-C's
GA1 reports give, for each school, the numbers of pupils attempting various numbers of 'A' levels and their achievements on these 'A' levels
GP1 reports give summary data for each school in attainment - both at GCSE and 'A' level
GP2 reports give a school-by-school measure of attainment
GP3 reports give a subject-by-subject measure of attainment
GS1 reports give overall performance and entries for GCSE (not broken down by subject, but with a gender breakdown on the same page)
GS2 reports give numbers and percentages of pupils getting grades for each subject


Reports G1, GP2, GP3 and G4, 1990


Reports G1, GP2 and G4, 1991


Reports GP3 and G5, 1991


Reports G1, GA1, GS1, GP2 and GP3, 1992


Reports GP1, GP2, GP3 and G4, 1993


Reports GA1, GS1, GP2 and GP3, 1994


Reports GP2 and GS2, 1995


Reports G1, GS1, GA1 and GP3, 1996


Reports GP2 and GS2, 1996

Services to schools (Ref: DC/Ed)Services available to Schools (Ref: DC/Ed 3393/1-6)

Following the local government reorganisation of 2009, these booklets continue to be produced by the new Durham County Council and can be found at DCC/CAS 4/3/1-3.


Services available to schools, 2002-2003
(1 volume, spiral bound)


Services available to schools, 2003-2004
(1 volume, spiral bound)


Services available to schools, 2004-2005
(1 volume, spiral bound)


Services available to schools, 2005-2006
(1 volume, spiral bound)


Services available to schools, 2006-2007
(1 volume, spiral bound)


Services available to schools, 2008/2009
(1 volume, spiral bound)

Children's Services Plan (Ref: DC/Ed 3394/1)

Children's services plan, 1998-1999
(1 booklet)