Education Welfare Services

The Education Welfare Service aims to ensure that children and young people benefit from educational opportunities available to them. To achieve this, the Education Welfare Service works with children and young people, their families, educational services and establishments and other statutory and voluntary agencies.

All schools in County Durham are visited regularly by one of the team of Education Welfare Officers (EWOs). The EWOs encourage regular attendance at school and help to resolve any problems which may be affecting pupils attendance. They are also available to advise on County policies on transport to school, excluded pupils, admissions to school, transfers between schools and to offer advice, guidance and assistance.

The confidential services of an EWO are available to any parent/carer or pupil who may wish to discuss any matter connected with a child's education, school attendance related difficulties or general welfare. See the Education Welfare Service Standards, or contact an Education Welfare Officer by telephoning your nearest Area Team; click on the links below to jump to each area:

• North Durham
• Central Durham
• South West Durham
• South East Durham

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North Durham Team

Stanley Education Centre
King Edward VIII Terrace
Shield Row
Stanley
County Durham

Tel: 01207 232891

Allocated Schools

Secondary

• Consett Community Sports College
• Fyndoune Community College
• Greencroft School
• Hermitage School
• Moorside Community Technology College
• Park View Community School
• Roseberry Sports and Community College
• Stanley School of Technology
• St Bedes Catholic School and Sixth Form College
• Tanfield School, Specialist College of Science and Engineering

Primary

• All Saints' Roman Catholic VA Primary, Lanchester
• Annfield Plain Infant
• Annfield Plain Junior
• Beamish Primary
• Benfieldside Primary
• Bishop Ian Ramsey Medomsley CE (Aided) Primary
• Bloemfontein Primary
• Bournmoor Primary
• Bullion Lane Primary
• Burnhope Primary
• Burnopfield Primary
• Burnside Primary
• Castleside Primary
• Catchgate Primary
• Cestria Primary
• Chester-le-Street CE (Controlled) Junior
• Collierley Primary
• Consett Infant School and Nursery Unit
• Consett Junior
• Delves Lane Infant
• Delves Lane Junior
• East Stanley School
• Ebchester CE Primary
• Edmondsley Primary
• Fence Houses Woodlea Primary
• Greenland Junior
• Lanchester Endowed Parochial (Controlled) Primary
• Langley Park Primary
• Leadgate Infant
• Leadgate Junior
• Lumley Junior
• Lumley Infant and Nursery
• Moorside Primary
• Newker Primary
• Our Lady and St Joseph's RCVA Primary, Brooms
• Ouston Infant
• Ouston Junior
• Pelton Community Primary
• Plawsworth Road Infant
• Red Rose Primary
• Roseberry Primary
• Sacriston Infant and Nursery
• Sacriston Junior
• Shield Row Primary
• Shotley Bridge Infant
• Shotley Bridge Junior
• South Moor Greenland Community Infant
• South Pelaw Infant
• South Stanley Infant
• South Stanley Junior
• St Bede's RCVA Primary, Sacriston
• St Benet's RCVA Primary, Ouston
• St Cuthbert's RCVA Primary, Chester-le-Street
• St Joseph's RCVA Primary, Stanley
• St Mary's RCVA Primary, Blackhill
• St Mary's RCVA Primary, South Moor
• St Patrick's RCVA Primary, Consett
• St Patrick's RCVA Primary, Dipton
• St Pius X RCVA Primary, Consett
• Tanfield Lea Community Primary
• The Grove Primary
• West Pelton Primary
• Witton Gilbert Primary

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Central Durham Team

Aykley Heads
Durham
DH1 5TS

Tel: 0191 3839179

Allocated Schools

Secondary

• Belmont School Community Arts College
• Durham Community Business College for Technology and Enterprise
• Durham Johnston Comprehensive
• Framwellgate School, Durham
• Durham Gilesgate Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
• Parkside School
• St Leonard's RCVA Comprehensive
• Wolsingham School and Community College

Primary

• Bearpark Primary
• Belmont CE (Controlled) Junior
• Belmont Cheveley Park Primary
• Belmont Infant
• Blessed John Duckett RCVA Primary
• Bowburn Infant and Nursery
• Bowburn Junior
• Brandon Infant
• Brandon Junior
• Browney Primary
• Cassop Primary
• Coxhoe Primary
• Crook Primary
• Durham Blue Coat CE (Aided) Junior
• Durham St Margaret's CE Controlled Primary
• Esh CE (Aided) Primary
• Esh Winning Primary
• Finchale Primary
• Framwellgate Moor Primary
• Frosterley Community School
• Gilesgate Primary
• Hamsteels Primary
• Hamsterley Primary
• Hartside Primary
• Howden-le-Wear Primary
• Hunwick Primary
• Kelloe Primary
• Langley Moor Primary
• Laurel Avenue Community Primary
• Ludworth Primary
• Nettlesworth Primary
• Neville's Cross Primary
• New Brancepeth Primary
• Newton Hall Infant
• Our Lady and St Thomas RCVA Primary
• Our Lady Queen of Martyrs' RCVA Primary, Newhouse
• Peases West Primary
• Pittington Primary
• Rookhope Primary
• Sherburn Hill Primary
• Sherburn Village Primary
• Shincliffe CE (Controlled) Primary
• Silver Tree Primary
• Stanhope Barrington CE Primary School
• Stanley (Crook) Primary
• St Cuthbert's RCVA Primary, Crook
• St Godric's RCVA Primary, Durham
• St Hild's College CE Aided Primary, Durham
• St John's Chapel Primary
• St Joseph's RCVA Primary, Durham
• St Joseph's RCVA Primary, Ushaw Moor
• St Michael's RCVA Primary, Esh Laude
• St Oswald's CE Aided Infant and Nursery
• St Patrick's RCVA Primary, Langley Moor
• St Thomas More RCVA Primary
• Sunnybrow Primary
• Tow Law Millenium Primary
• Wearhead Primary
• West Rainton Primary
• Willington CE Primary
• Willington Primary
• Witton-le-Wear Primary
• Wolsingham Primary

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South West Durham Team

Kingsway
Bishop Auckland
County Durham
DL14 7JT

Tel: 01388 608020

Allocated Schools

Secondary

• Bishop Barrington School
• Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College
• Greenfield School Community and Arts College
• King James I Community Arts College
• Spennymoor School
• Staindrop School A Business and Enterprise College
• St John's RCVA Comprehensive
• Sunnydale Community College for Maths and Computing
• Teesdale School
• Tudhoe Grange School
• Woodham Community Technology College

Special

• The Oaks
• Evergreen
• The Meadows
• Walworth
• Windlestone

Primary

• Aycliffe Village Primary
• Bowes Hutchinson's Endowed CE Primary
• Broom Cottages Primary and Nursery
• Butterknowle Primary
• Byerley Park Primary
• Byers Green Primary
• Chilton Primary
• Cleves Cross Primary
• Cockfield Primary
• Cockton Hill Infant
• Cockton Hill Junior
• Copeland Road Primary
• Cotherstone Primary
• Coundon Primary
• Coxhoe Primary
• Dean Bank Primary and Nursery
• Escomb Primary
• Etherley Lane Primary
• Evenwood CE (Controlled) Primary
• Ferryhill Station Primary
• Forest-of-Teesdale Primary
• Gainford CE (Controlled) Primary
• Green Lane CE (Controlled) Primary
• Horndale Infant
• Ingleton CE (Controlled) Primary
• King Street Primary
• Kirk Merrington Primary
• Middlestone Moor Primary
• Middleton-in-Teesdale Primary
• Montalbo Primary
• North Park Primary
• Oakley Cross Primary
• Ox Close Primary
• Prince Bishops Primary
• Ramshaw Primary
• Rosa Street Primary
• Staindrop CE (Controlled) Primary
• Startforth Morritt Memorial CE (Controlled) Primary
• St Andrew's Primary
• St Anne's CE (Controlled) Primary
• St Chad's RCVA Primary
• St Charles RCVA Primary
• Stephenson Way Community Primary
• St Francis CE Aided Junior, Newton Aycliffe
• St Helen's Auckland Primary
• St John's CE Aided Primary, Shildon
• St Joseph's RCVA Primary, Coundon
• St Joseph's RCVA Primary, Newton Aycliffe
• St Mary's RCVA Primary, Barnard Castle
• St Mary's RCVA Primary, Newton Aycliffe
• St Wilfrid's RCVA Primary
• Sugar Hill Primary
• Thornhill Primary
• Timothy Hackworth Primary
• Toft Hill Primary
• Tudhoe Colliery Primary
• Vane Road Primary
• West Cornforth Primary
• Woodham Burn Community Primary
• Woodhouse Close Community Primary
• Woodland Primary

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South East Durham Team

East Durham Education Centre
(Acre Rigg)
York Road
Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 2DP

Tel: 0191 5872608

Allocated Schools

Secondary

• Dene Community School of Technology
• Easington Community Science College
• Seaham School of Technology
• Sedgefield Community College
• Shotton Hall School
• St Bede's Catholic Comprehensive, Peterlee
• Wellfield Community School - Specialist Maths and Computing College

Special

• Elemore Hall
• Glen Dene School and Community Arts College
• Harelaw
• Pupil Referral Unit
• Trinity
• Villa Real

Primary

• Acre Rigg Infant
• Acre Rigg Junior
• Bishop Middleham CE (Aided) Primary
• Blackhall Colliery Primary
• Camden Square Infant
• Cotsford Infant
• Cotsford Junior
• Deaf Hill Primary
• Dene House Primary
• Easington CE (Controlled) Primary
• Easington Colliery Primary
• Eden Community Primary
• Fishburn Primary
• Hardwick Primary
• Hesleden Primary
• Howletch Lane Primary
• Hutton Henry CE (Controlled) Primary
• Murton Community Primary
• New Seaham Primary
• Our Lady of Lourdes RCVA Primary
• Our Lady of the Rosary RCVA Primary
• Our Lady Star of the Sea RCVA Primary
• Parkside Infant
• Princess Road Junior
• Ropery Walk Primary
• Sea View Primary, Deneside
• Sedgefield Primary
• Shotton Primary
• Shotton Hall Infant
• Shotton Hall Junior
• South Hetton Primary
• St Cuthbert's RCVA Primary, New Seaham
• St Godric's RCVA Primary, Thornley
• St Joseph's RCVA Primary, Blackhall
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Murton
• St Mary Magdalen RCVA Primary, Seaham
• St Mary's RCVA Primary, Wingate
• St William's RCVA Primary
• Thornley Primary
• Trimdon Junior
• Trimdon Grange Infant
• Trimdon Village Community Infant
• Westlea Primary
• Wheatley Hill Community Primary
• Wingate Infant
• Wingate Junior
• Yohden Primary