Partnerships
Our partners include:
- 40 Secondary Schools in County Durham
- 4 FE Colleges
- Durham Local Authority
- Durham Education Business Partnership
- Teaching Agency (TA)
Secondary Schools
Further Education Colleges
| College | Features |
|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland College | CoVE for Childcare, CoVE for Adult Social Care. ICT Testbed Project. Strong links with Post-16 support networks (JISC, LSN, QIA etc) |
| Derwentside College | Strong collaborative links with local schools in Engineering & Care. Good practice recognised by Ofsted in the 14-16 Increased Flexibility programme. |
| East Durham and Houghall Community College | Involvement in national teaching and learning projects. Good practice and teaching in Health and Social Care, Hairdressing & Beauty therapy, Sports & Leisure identified by Ofsted. |
| New College, Durham | CoVE for Travel and Tourism, CoVE for Multi Skilled Systems Engineering. Identified by Ofsted as one of a number of “Particularly Successful Schools and Colleges”. |
Durham Education Business Partnership (DEBP)
Durham Education Business Partnership was developed to ensure that the Department for Education’s (DFE) aims are met.
The DFE aims to provide all young people with a wide range of high quality, relevant, structured experiences of work throughout their school careers. These experiences will help raise standards of achievement, increase motivation and attendance, develop key skills and attitudes, and prepare young people more effectively for adult and working life.
Teaching Agency
The Teaching Agency (TA) is the national agency and recognised sector body responsible for the training and development of the school workforce.
If you are interested in going into teaching then the TA has the following information on their website:
- Teacher training options
- Funding for teacher training
- Teacher salaries
- School experience
- Events
- Life as a teacher
- Apply for teacher training

