Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 31 March 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 21 November 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 18 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (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 entry43 applications · 17 places offered · 15 named it first
- 2026 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.2; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 2.6; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 2.0; 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 | 43 | 2.5 | 15 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 | 61 | 2.8 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 18 | 51 | 2.8 | 12 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2023 | 21 | 58 | 2.8 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 53 | 2.2 | 19 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 20 | 53 | 2.7 | 17 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2020 | 22 | 59 | 2.7 | 19 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 67 | 2.2 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 29 | 66 | 2.3 | 23 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 20 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2015 | 23 | 60 | 2.6 | 17 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 60 | 2.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 82% · Maths 68% → all three 57% 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 | 57% | 4% | 104 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 0% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 57% | 7% | 103 | 103 |
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
- Escomb Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · County DurhamGood20231.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20231.6applications per place
- 2.5 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected1.3applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County Durham202654%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20241.6applications per place
- 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
- 114103 · 840/2417
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 160 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Three Lane Ends, Escomb, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7SR
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources