Education and Training
The Town and area is well served by schools and further education establishments, and currently has Education and Sport Action Zone Status.
East Durham and Houghall Community Collage has a number of national sports academies and the Universities of Durham, Newcastle, Sunderland and Teeside are all within easy travelling distance.
Schools and Colleges
Acre Rigg Infant School,
Acre Rigg Road
0191 5864437
Acre Rigg Junior School,
Acre Rigg Road
0191 5862910
Dene Community School of Technology
Manor Way
0191 5862140
Dene House Primary School,
Manor Way
0191 5862937
Eden Community Primary,
Robson Avenue
0191 5864186
Howletch Lane Primary School,
Pennine Drive
0191 5862765
Our Lady of the Rosary Primary,
Westway
0191 5862264
Shotton Hall School,
Waveney Road
0191 5863619
Shotton Hall Junior School,
Waveney Road
0191 5862585
Shotton Hall Infants School,
Waveney Road
0191 5863216
St Bedes RC Comprehensive School,
Westway
0191 5862291
EAST DURHAM AND HOUGHALL COMMUMITY COLLEGE
0191 5182000
EDUCATION ACTION ZONE
First Floor,
Shotton Hall,
Peterlee
0191 5871764