Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry46 applications · 32 places offered · 32 named it first
- 2026 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.4; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.4; County Durham median median 1.6
- This school
- County Durham median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 32 | 46 | 1.4 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 50 | 1.7 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 45 | 70 | 1.6 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 32 | 50 | 1.6 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 47 | 63 | 1.3 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 50 | 74 | 1.5 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 46 | 66 | 1.4 | 45 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 40 | 64 | 1.6 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 43 | 59 | 1.4 | 42 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 41 | 66 | 1.6 | 39 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 | 45 | 58 | 1.3 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 21 | 30 | 1.4 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 35 | 49 | 1.4 | 34 | 0.97 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Lumley Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.4applications per place
- 0.3 km · County DurhamRemains Good202477%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamGood20232.9applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.1applications per place
- 2.2 km · County DurhamGood20232.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114003 · 840/2108
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 139 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Great Lumley, Chester le Street, DH3 4JL
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources