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 entry35 applications · 27 places offered · 27 named it first
- 2026 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.1; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.2; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 27 | 35 | 1.3 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 28 | 43 | 1.5 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 34 | 43 | 1.3 | 32 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 39 | 1.3 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 40 | 1.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 40 | 1.6 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 40 | 1.4 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 32 | 49 | 1.5 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 31 | 46 | 1.5 | 30 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 28 | 51 | 1.8 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 31 | 33 | 1.1 | 29 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2015 | 29 | 35 | 1.2 | 25 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 | 32 | 41 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.91 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 94% · Writing 94% · Maths 94% → all three 94% 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 | 94% | 3% | 109 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 92% | 0% | 111 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 86% | 0% | 106 | 106 |
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
- Bullion Lane Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.3applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County DurhamGood20232.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County DurhamGood20232.9applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County Durham20251.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected1.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · County DurhamGood20241.5applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · County DurhamGood20241.4applications 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
- 114209 · 840/2745
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 292 on roll
- Free school meals
- 68.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Bullion Lane, Chester le Street, DH2 2DP
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources