Post-16 Providers

Post-16 Learning in County Durham

To make things easy for you CareerWave has provided a handy list of post-16 providers in your local area. They have split these providers into three main groups; Sixth Forms, Colleges of Further Education and Training Providers.

Each has a main focus- Sixth Forms largely do academic subjects. Colleges have a long history of teaching technical courses. Training Providers work with employers to provide Apprenticeships, Traineeships and Employability/Personal Development learning.

However there is also a lot of crossover- Sixth Forms usually offer a selection of Level 3 technical courses. Colleges sometimes have their own Sixth Form and always offer Apprenticeships and Traineeships. Training Providers often offer the same full-time technical courses found in Colleges, notably in construction trades, motor vehicle repair and engineering.

So, below is your list to get you started, although you may also want to take note of the lists for neighbouring areas. For example, we know that lots of students in County Durham access post-16 learning in Newcastle, Sunderland and Tees Valley. Furthermore, please be aware that Training Providers are more difficult to keep a track of and many operate nationally and regionally. We have listed some notable ones, but our strong advice is to use the Find an Apprenticeship website to search for vacancies and identify Training Providers to contact.

Sixth Form

• Byron Sixth Form College
• Barnard Castle School
• Consett Academy Sixth Form
• Durham High School for Girls
• Durham Johnston Sixth Form
• Durham School
• Durham Sixth Form Centre
• East Durham College
• King James I Academy Sixth Form
• New College Durham Sixth Form Centre
• Park View Sixth Form
• The Hermitage Academy Sixth Form
• St. Bede’s Catholic Sixth Form, Lanchester
• St. John’s Sixth Form College
• St. Leonard’s Sixth Form
• Teesdale Sixth Form
• UTC South Durham Sixth Form

Popular Sixth Forms in other areas (please check the relevant article for a full list of opportunities outside County Durham)

• Hartlepool Sixth Form College
• Newcastle Sixth Form College
• Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, Darlington
• Sunderland College Sixth Form

College of Further Education

• Bishop Auckland College
• Derwentside College
• East Durham College
• Hartlepool College of Further Education
• New College Durham

Popular Colleges in other areas (please check the relevant article for a full list of opportunities outside County Durham)

• Darlington College
• Gateshead College
• Newcastle College
• Northern School of Art
• Stockton Riverside College
• Middlesbrough College

Other Learning Providers

• Access Training
• Baltic Training
• Catch 22 Peterlee
• Catch 22 Bishop Auckland
• DurhamWorks Youth Employment Initiative
• ITEC North East
• Key Training
• Learning Curve Group
• Milltech Training
• Military Preparation College (Gateshead, Stockton and Sunderland)
• NDC College (Level 3 Performing Arts in Hartlepool)
• Northern Skills Group
• Optimum Skills
• Prince’s Trust
• Resources North East
• Sunderland Engineering Training Association
• South West Durham Training
• Springboard North East