Alongside a variety of sporting activities such as football, rugby, netball, basketball, athletics and volleyball, swimming as a recreational activity and competitive sport is available to all pupils here at Durham. The school benefits from an excellent 25m indoor swimming pool that is used year round by all the pupils with a weekly swimming lesson timetabled for all age groups. In addition, an after school swimming club develops the fitness and technique of those who wish to compete in local interschool and Gulf wide swimming competitions.