Yarm - Education

Education

There are three primary schools in the town:

  • Levendale (Single form entry)http://www.sbcschools.org.uk/levendale/,
  • Yarm Primary School (Two form entry)http://www.sbcschools.org.uk/yarm/,
  • Layfield Primary School (Single form entry). http://web.mac.com/layfieldprimary/Yarm_primary_school_Layfield_Every_child_matters/Yarm_Layfield_Primary_school.html

Conyers School, with about 1,400 pupils, is a mixed comprehensive school It has also a sixth-form. It was founded in 1594 as "the Free Grammar School" by Thomas Conyers. Following the change to comprehensive education it was renamed to reflect its founder. Conyers is a specialist school for maths and computing. http://www.conyers.stockton.sch.uk/

The town is home to the private Yarm School, the senior school being situated at the Friarage and the preparatory school and nursery at the old Yarm Grammar School. The school was founded in 1978, some time after the re-designation of the original grammar school. The school had plans to move within the next decade to a site near to their playing fields on Green Lane, south of the town. However, planning permission was not granted by the local council and Yarm School is no longer planning to move, instead choosing to renovate and improve the current site. http://www.yarmschool.org/

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