Report card · inspected May 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 | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 11 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry77 applications · 40 places offered · 38 named it first
- 2026 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.6; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.6; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 40 | 77 | 1.9 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 96 | 1.6 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 45 | 65 | 1.4 | 39 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2023 | 63 | 92 | 1.5 | 63 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 50 | 86 | 1.7 | 50 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 64 | 92 | 1.4 | 68 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2020 | 64 | 109 | 1.7 | 66 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 54 | 94 | 1.7 | 54 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 58 | 93 | 1.6 | 58 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 64 | 111 | 1.7 | 76 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2016 | 61 | 77 | 1.3 | 59 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 64 | 101 | 1.6 | 80 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2014 | 64 | 87 | 1.4 | 68 | 1.06 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Acre Rigg Infant SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place
- 0.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good202347%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 7%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place
- 1.9 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · County Durham20262.6applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place 59%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
- 114154 · 840/2540
- Capacity
- 189 pupils · 252 on roll
- Free school meals
- 48.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Acre Rigg Road, Peterlee, SR8 2DU
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources