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Durham Gilesgate Primary School

  • 2–11Ages
  • 164Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 114211URN

Kepier Crescent, Gilesgate, Durham, DH1 1PH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.3 below County Durham median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in County Durham

39 applications for 24 places · 90th of 138 in County Durham
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
50%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 16 May 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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 entry
1.6applications per place, Reception
0.3 below County Durham median (1.9) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

39 applications · 24 places offered · 24 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
  7. 2020 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5
  12. 2015 1.3; County Durham median median 1.6
  13. 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202624391.6241.00
Sep 202517291.7171.00
Sep 202412221.8121.00
Sep 202312201.7121.00
Sep 202212171.4100.83
Sep 202114231.6130.93
Sep 202013282.2131.00
Sep 201914201.4141.00
Sep 201815211.4130.87
Sep 201710202.0101.00
Sep 201628361.3260.93
Sep 201515201.3140.93
Sep 201424311.3200.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 58% · Writing 54% · Maths 58% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%147th of 184 in County Durham
Reading
Expected standard58%
Higher standard23%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard54%
Greater depth8%
Maths
Expected standard58%
Higher standard8%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • County Durham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2550%4%104104
2023/2460%10%109108
2022/2341%0%102102

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

  • 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
114211 · 840/2747
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
210 pupils · 164 on roll
Free school meals
57.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Kepier Crescent, Gilesgate, Durham, DH1 1PH
Local authority
County Durham

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources