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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry42 applications · 19 places offered · 18 named it first
- 2026 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.6; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Cotsford Infant School (URN 114151), the previous school.
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 | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 15 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 21 | 34 | 1.6 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 20 | 38 | 1.9 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 37 | 1.5 | 25 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2021 | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 22 | 49 | 2.2 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 23 | 42 | 1.8 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 24 | 43 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 19 | 24 | 1.3 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 19 | 30 | 1.6 | 19 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 74% · Writing 58% · Maths 79% → all three 53% 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 | 53% | 5% | 106 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 3% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 10% | 108 | 105 |
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
- Cotsford Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 7%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place
- 1.9 km · County DurhamGood20231.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · County DurhamImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamRemains Good202347%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
- 114150 · 840/2532
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 181 on roll
- Free school meals
- 53.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Replaced
- Cotsford Infant School (URN 114151)
- Address
- Third Street, Horden, Third Street, Peterlee, SR8 4EH
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources