Graded inspection · Sep 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 24 September 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 28 June 2023Ungraded 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 entry64 applications · 38 places offered · 38 named it first
- 2026 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.4; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.3; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 38 | 64 | 1.7 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 36 | 75 | 2.1 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 59 | 2.3 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 36 | 77 | 2.1 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 65 | 2.1 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 38 | 79 | 2.1 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 41 | 95 | 2.3 | 40 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 36 | 77 | 2.1 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 51 | 95 | 1.9 | 51 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 50 | 93 | 1.9 | 44 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2016 | 57 | 78 | 1.4 | 56 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 49 | 65 | 1.3 | 47 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 46 | 80 | 1.7 | 44 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 58% · Writing 65% · Maths 56% → all three 44% 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 | 44% | 10% | 102 | 100 |
| 2023/24 | 25% | 5% | 101 | 98 |
| 2022/23 | 34% | 4% | 102 | 101 |
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
- Howletch Lane Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place
- 1.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good202347%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 7%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20221.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.7applications 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
- 114198 · 840/2734
- Capacity
- 399 pupils · 382 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Pennine Drive, County Durham, Peterlee, SR8 2NQ
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources