Karl Brown
Karl Brown, a former East Durham College Houghall student, is now living his dream of working with animals as Stocksman at Beamish Museum in Country Durham.
Katy McLean
Former East Durham College student Katy McLean MBE captained the England Women RFU team from 2010 and retired from Rugby in 2019. The RFU World Cup winning captain attended East Durham College from 2002 to 2005.
Kelvin Beattie
Kelvin Beattie, a former motor vehicle student from East Durham College's Technical Academy, is now employed full-time as a mechanic after completing three years of tuition with EDC.
Kirsty Fishwick
Kirsty Fishwick studied at East Durham College at our Peter Jones Enterprise Academy. She successfully won a place to study business management at Durham University and went on to gain a First Class degree.
Kirsty-Louise Card
An ambitious young woman and former student of East Durham College has been selected for a 30 under 30 nomination in Birmingham.
Kyle Stanforth
Kyle gained a 2:1 and completed his Masters in Industrial Biology at Newcastle University before completing a PhD.
Lauren Crampton
Lauren Crampton is a former East Durham College childcare student now teaching in her dream job as a Year 3 teacher at Bowburn Primary School.
Martin Stephenson
Former East Durham College horticulture work-based learning student Martin Stephenson now works as an Amenity Sales Manager at Turfcare Specialist Ltd, based in Leadgate, Consett.
Natasha King
Former Access to HE student Natasha King progressed from EDC to become a Durham University medical student and is now working as a junior doctor in the NHS.
Sarjun Dhillion
After getting his required grades at A Level (in Chemistry, Maths and Physics), Sarjun, a former pupil of Southmoor Academy went to Lancaster University to study Chemical Engineering.
Shauna Coles
Former painting and decorating student Shauna went on to huge success at University before moving on to tutor others in China.
Shelly Whitfield
Former Houghall student Shelly has returned to the college to teach agriculture.
Explore this section
Former Student Alumni Form
We are always fascinated to hear what our former students from the Peterlee and Houghall campuses have gone on to do after leaving college. Over the years, many of our students have gone on to achieve outstanding success in a huge variety of different fields.
Amazing Academic Success for A Levels
East Durham College’s sixth form, ED6, has had a 100% pass rate over the last seven years (2016-2022) and in that time was listed as the best in the country for boosting academic results in 2018.
Positive Destinations of EDC Students
At East Durham College, you will build the valuable skills, experience and qualities you need to be successful and move on to the next stage of your life.