Graded inspection · Jul 2025 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 8 July 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 13 February 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry7 applications · 1 places offered · 1 named it first
- 2026 7.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 4.5; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 4.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 4.0; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.0; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 2.3; 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 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25all three 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 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 14% | 0% | 104 | 96 |
| 2022/23 | 33% | 0% | 108 | 101 |
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
- Hamsterley Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20257.0applications per place
- 3.2 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 5.3 km · County Durham20262.0applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 5.8 km · County DurhamGood20231.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 6.1 km · County DurhamGood20241.2applications per place
- 6.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20243.0applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 6.5 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114053 · 840/2301
- Capacity
- 49 pupils · 36 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Hamsterley Primary School, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3QF
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources