[1] The original school was opened by Councillor Peter Lee JP on Saturday 22 March 1930.

[2] Wellfield has been judged as a “satisfactory” school by Ofsted in 2014 and 2018.

[2] Previously a community school administered by Durham County Council,[3] in June 2023 Wellfield School converted to academy status.

[4] The school is now sponsored by the New College Durham Academies Trust.

[5] Wellfield School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.