Graded inspection · Sep 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 16 September 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 8 February 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
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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 · 23 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.0; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.1; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.0; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.1; 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 | 23 | 35 | 1.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 29 | 34 | 1.2 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 24 | 34 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 22 | 28 | 1.3 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 22 | 28 | 1.3 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 16 | 24 | 1.5 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 26 | 27 | 1.0 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 21 | 24 | 1.1 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 25 | 29 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 19 | 20 | 1.1 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 29 | 29 | 1.0 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 19 | 20 | 1.1 | 17 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 92% · Maths 88% → 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% | 17% | 107 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 0% | 104 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 50% | 0% | 103 | 104 |
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
- West Cornforth Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County Durham20262.1applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGood20222.0applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · County DurhamSpecial measures 20262.5applications per place 20%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · County DurhamGood20241.3applications per place
- 3.5 km · County DurhamRemains Outstanding20242.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected1.5applications per place 76%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
- 114079 · 840/2370
- Capacity
- 186 pupils · 251 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- High Street, West Cornforth, Ferryhill, DL17 9HP
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources