Graded inspection · Feb 2025 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 4 February 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 4 October 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
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 entry98 applications · 44 places offered · 39 named it first
- 2026 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.0; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.5; 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 1.5; 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 | 44 | 98 | 2.2 | 39 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 54 | 116 | 2.2 | 54 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 150 | 2.5 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 129 | 2.2 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 121 | 2.1 | 53 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 120 | 2.1 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 58 | 118 | 2.0 | 56 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 92 | 1.5 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2017 | 48 | 82 | 1.7 | 48 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 80 | 1.3 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 49 | 77 | 1.6 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 58 | 88 | 1.5 | 56 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 65% · Maths 80% → 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% | 5% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 8% | 105 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 64% | 8% | 104 | 104 |
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
- Sugar Hill Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20211.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County Durham20262.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County DurhamGood20221.9applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamGood20221.8applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.5applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected2.2applications 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
- 114207 · 840/2743
- Capacity
- 468 pupils · 448 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Sheraton Road, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5NU
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources