Yarm School from Durham

Why Yarm?

Yarm School is one of the best performing schools in the North East, regularly topping local league tables for GCSE and A-level results. Our high academic results are supported by an extensive extra-curricular programme and outstanding facilities.

• Nurturing learning environment: Small class sizes, specialist teachers and outstanding facilities create a supportive and nurturing learning environment.
• Outstanding results: Yarm consistently outperforms local state and independent schools. Our 2025 results can be found here.
• Extra curricular opportunities: There is a wide range of extra curricular opportunities on offer to discover new interests and passions.
• Educating for Life: We aim is to prepare and nurture students for life beyond Sixth Form. We challenge students to use their initiative, take on leadership roles and work as part of a team.
• Dedicated pastoral team: Our pastoral care programme makes the transition to Yarm a smooth process.
• Extensive careers guidance: Students at Yarm benefit from careers guidance, a mock interview from an industry professional, UCAS statement advice and industry career clusters. We also benefit from many former pupils returning to Yarm to talk about their careers, the route into the industry and offer advice.
• Easy to travel to: Our Durham Express coach service makes it easy to travel from Durham to Yarm. Our coach service is extensive and we attract pupils from across the North East, including many pupils from County Durham.

Yarm School’s North East catchment area

Yarm has easy access to the A19 and A66 making it ideal for parents commuting to work. From Yarm and Eaglescliffe railway stations you can travel to around the North East: Stockton, Middlesbrough, York and Newcastle, as well as a direct train to London.

The school runs a coach service which has ten routes across the North East and North Yorkshire including our newly launched Durham Express. The school’s catchment area is vast. We attract pupils from across Teesside, including Yarm, Ingleby Barwick, Wynyard and Hartburn, and also further afield from County Durham and North Yorkshire.