Durham School, headmaster Martin George (April 2009), is an independent British day and boarding school for girls and boys (age 3-18) in Durham. Founded nearly six hundred years ago, today the school has nearly 650 boys and girls from age 3 to 18.

As is common with most schools, Durham School offers a broad ranging academic curriculum supported by a varied programme of extra-curricular activities and opportunities. Unlike most schools, however, Durham School operates a house system; all students are members of a single house. Alumni, referred to as Old Dunelmians, can be, and have been, found across the spectrum of public life, the armed services, the arts, the church and in sport.