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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry28 applications · 17 places offered · 16 named it first
- 2026 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.5; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.7; 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 | 17 | 28 | 1.7 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 26 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 17 | 23 | 1.4 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 11 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2020 | 26 | 32 | 1.2 | 23 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 17 | 24 | 1.4 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 39 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 11 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 | 12 | 20 | 1.7 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 22 | 24 | 1.1 | 18 | 0.82 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 60% · Writing 60% · Maths 56% → all three 52% 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 | 52% | 4% | 100 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 0% | 103 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 76% | 19% | 109 | 109 |
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
- Dean Bank Primary and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamGood20222.0applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · County DurhamSpecial measures 20262.5applications per place 20%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGood20232.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamOutstanding20243.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20241.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · County DurhamGood20242.3applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 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
- 114086 · 840/2385
- Capacity
- 262 pupils · 181 on roll
- Free school meals
- 68.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Replaced
- Dean Road Nursery School (URN 113987)
- Address
- Dean Bank, Ferryhill, DL17 8PP
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources