North Durham Academy is committed to ensuring high quality teaching and learning, and the ongoing development of teaching and learning, to ensure that all of our students are able to achieve their full potential.

We ensure that teaching and learning is always central to the way in which we operate as an Academy and this is seen in a wide variety of ways including the clear focus on the development of teacher practice in the Academy’s own CPD programme and the profile of teaching and learning across the Academy. We believe that who we are and how we treat each other is an essential part of preparing for a happy and successful future, as well as achieving our best and flourishing now. As a community we agreed on five core character traits to become our ‘NDA Habits’.