 The school is situated on a campus site shared with Belmont Primary School.The school has a wide catchment area with students coming from Durham city and the surrounding villages, including Pittington, West Rainton, Ludworth, Thornley, Kelloe, Cassop, Quarrington Hill, Coxhoe, Bowburn, Shincliffe and The Sherburns.There has been a school on the Belmont Campus site since 1870.