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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong 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
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Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 26 April 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry64 applications · 30 places offered · 27 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.4; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 2.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 2.2; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 2.4; 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 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2025 | 28 | 49 | 1.8 | 26 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 53 | 1.8 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 25 | 52 | 2.1 | 26 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 30 | 85 | 2.8 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 69 | 2.3 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 72 | 2.4 | 38 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 65 | 2.2 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2014 | 31 | 73 | 2.4 | 39 | 1.26 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 82% · Writing 89% · Maths 79% → all three 71% 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 | 71% | 7% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 93% | 27% | 111 | 109 |
| 2022/23 | 44% | 11% | 103 | 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
- Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · County DurhamGood20241.8applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.3applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20224.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamGood20241.3applications per place
- 2.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20241.6applications per place
- 3.1 km · County DurhamGood20231.6applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 3.4 km · County DurhamGood20231.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20251.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114229 · 840/3167
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 215 pupils · 195 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Beal Walk, High Shincliffe, Shincliffe C of E Primary School, Durham, DH1 2PN
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources