Durham Education Limited (15934079): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2026-07-06
- Administrators
- Mark David Hodgett, Philip James Watkins
- Administrators' firm
- FRP Advisory
- Incorporated
- 2024-09-03
- Location
- Leeds
- Industry
- 85100 Pre-primary education
Why it went into administration
- Rising costs / inflation
- Sustained trading losses
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 3 September 2024 and traded as Durham High School from Farewell Hall, South Road, Durham, DH1 3TB. The sole director and shareholder of the Company is Shangqin Gao and the School formed part of the GGE Group, a private education group consisting of four schools across the UK. Its registered office was 124 Finchley Road, London, NW3 5JS.
Durham High School was an independent day school providing education for pupils aged 3 to 18 years, from nursery through to sixth form.
The School was originally founded in 1884, and for much of its history, the School operated as a girls’ school but had begun the transition to a co-educational model in recent years. At the date of the Administrators’ appointment, the School had 281 pupils.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2026-09-04) · Companies House register