Graded inspection · Mar 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry91 applications · 25 places offered · 36 named it first
- 2026 3.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 3.5; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 3.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 3.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.3; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 3.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 2.8; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 3.1; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 3.1; 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 | 25 | 91 | 3.6 | 36 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 88 | 3.5 | 35 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 61 | 2.4 | 26 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 70 | 2.8 | 26 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 25 | 69 | 2.8 | 26 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 81 | 3.2 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 25 | 86 | 3.4 | 22 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 28 | 64 | 2.3 | 30 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 | 20 | 51 | 2.6 | 16 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 17 | 56 | 3.3 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 17 | 48 | 2.8 | 21 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 | 16 | 49 | 3.1 | 21 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2014 | 17 | 53 | 3.1 | 31 | 1.82 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 94% · Writing 83% · Maths 89% → all three 83% 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 | 83% | 6% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 12% | 109 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 83% | 6% | 109 | 106 |
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
- Kirk Merrington Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20243.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County Durham20261.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGood20241.2applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20241.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20221.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County DurhamGood20232.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · County DurhamGood20242.0applications per place 53%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
- 114074 · 840/2361
- Capacity
- 178 pupils · 180 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- South View, Kirk Merrington, South View, Spennymoor, DL16 7JB
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources