Durham Community Business College

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Durham Community Business College
Address
Bracken Court

Ushaw Moor
,
County Durham
,
DH7 7NG

England
Coordinates54°46′54″N 1°38′16″W / 54.7816°N 1.6378°W / 54.7816; -1.6378Coordinates: 54°46′54″N 1°38′16″W / 54.7816°N 1.6378°W / 54.7816; -1.6378
Information
TypeCommunity school
MottoConfident, Ambitious, Respectful and Proud
Local authorityDurham
Department for Education URN114311 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherAlison Jobling
GenderCo-educational
Age11 to 16
Websitedurhamfederation.net

Durham Community Business College is a coeducational secondary school located in Ushaw Moor, County Durham, England with specialist business and enterprise status.

The school educates pupils from Ushaw Moor and surrounding villages, including Sacriston, Lanchester, Esh Winning, Witton Gilbert, Langley Park and other areas North of Durham.

History[]

In 2018, Durham Community Business College and Fyndoune Community College federated to become one provision - the Durham Federation. The majority of students were then educated at Durham Community Business College in Ushaw Moor. Fyndoune Community College in Sacriston offered a bespoke nurture provision as well as alternative education and vocational courses. As part of the federation, in 2018 the Ushaw Moor site had a new creative block constructed. This block includes catering facilities, an auditorium and music, technology and art facilities.

In March 2020, a further proposal was announced to merge the two colleges into a single site, following a request by the Department for Education. This was as a result of both schools being rated inadequate by Ofsted in 2014 and being told to find an academy sponsor, which they had failed to do. Both schools where handed back to Durham County Council subject to being merged into a single site.[1]

Between 5 October & 15 November 2020 a consultation was carried out with Governor's, staff, parents and the wider community. 9 responses where received, with 5 supporting the schools merger and 4 against it. However, the council points out the responses against the merger failed to put forward education reasons to keep both schools open.

In a report dated 19 November 2020, the Corporate Director of Children and Young People’s Services used their delegate powers to approve the merger of the colleges sites into a single site - Durham Community Business College with a proposed closure date for the Sacriston site as 12 April 2021.

A further 4 week consultation period started on 26 November and no objections to the plans where received [2]

The closure went ahead on 11 April 2021, one day earlier than expected.[3]

Ofsted and academic achievement[]

The sxhool was inspected by OFSTED in March 2019 and was judged to ‘require improvement’ in leadership and management.

Extracurricular activities[]

The Evolution Football Academy with professional coaching operates at the Ushaw Moor site.

In 2018 the school was awarded a grant from the British Council to run an Erasmus project with schools from Norway, Turkey, Greece, Poland and Hungary.

References[]

  1. ^ "Consultation will be held over closure of school". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Proposal to amalgamate Durham Community Business College and Fyndoune Community College into a single secondary school on the site of Durham Community Business College from 12 April 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 6 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Fyndoune Community College - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

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