The Grange Learning Centre

Other independent special school · Mixed · ages 7–19County Durham, Low Willington DL15school website

A special school in County Durham for ages 7–19: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
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Pupils
16

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from County Durham’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 19 places.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

35.49%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Health & Safety26%
Green & Sustainability23%
Language & Communication19%
Mathematics & Statistics18%
Transversal Skills17%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects4

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Biology267%23%—45%—
English Language267%89%—20%—
Mathematics267%88%—22%—
Geography133%41%—25%—
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Health & Safety39%
Language & Communication37%
Green & Sustainability37%
Transversal Skills30%
Natural Sciences28%
Mathematics & Statistics27%
Digital & ICT Skills16%
Engineering & Manufacturing12%
Arts & Humanities9%
Law & Public Administration7%
Social & Cultural Skills7%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 12.7percentage 8.0ratio 7.0vocabulary 7.0power 5.7translation 5.7audience 5.3gradient 5.3equation 5.3grammar 5.0root 5.0formulae 5.0particle model 5.0adaptation 4.7photosynthesis 4.7percentage change 4.3reflection 4.3area 4.3observation 4.0measurement 4.0standard form 4.0linear functions 4.0congruence 4.0pythagoras' theorem 4.0

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, data collection, scale from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 4 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, sampling technique, experimental design from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conduct field work, data collection, data interpretation from Biology, Geography, Computing and 2 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
More apprenticeships9
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, solution from Mathematics, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, presentation from English Language, Geography, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 2 more
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses experimental design, scientific method, presentation from Biology, English Language, Geography and 2 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses punctuation, spelling, grammar from English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Professional arboriculturistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses map, graph, gis from Biology, Geography, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: arboriculturist, tree surgeon
Keeper and aquaristLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · agriculture, environmental and animal care · uses sampling technique, temperature, adaptation from Biology, Science · jobs: animal care attendant, zookeeper, zoo section leader
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses data collection, scale, computer systems from Computing, Design and Technology, Geography and 1 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with County Durham, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk County Durham’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
County Durham

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.