Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 2 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
- 8 March 2022Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry35 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first
- 2026 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.3; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 0.8; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Delves Lane Infant School (URN 114049), the previous school.
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 | 24 | 35 | 1.5 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 | 41 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 47 | 1.8 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 27 | 40 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 53 | 1.7 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 20 | 31 | 1.6 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 38 | 54 | 1.4 | 36 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 47 | 67 | 1.4 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 50 | 1.8 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 39 | 1.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 42 | 50 | 1.2 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 38 | 48 | 1.3 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 49 | 41 | 0.8 | 28 | 0.57 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 53% · Writing 59% · Maths 41% → all three 35% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- County Durham median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 35% | 0% | 101 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 43% | 3% | 101 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 0% | 102 | 102 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Delves Lane Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.5applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.9applications per place
- 1.6 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good202367%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · County DurhamGood20231.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20243.3applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20244.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114047 · 840/2272
- Capacity
- 351 pupils · 274 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Replaced
- Delves Lane Infant School (URN 114049)
- Address
- Delves Lane, Consett, DH8 7ES
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources