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Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery

  • 2–11Ages
  • 201Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 123350URN

Durham Road, Ushaw Moor, Durham Road, Ushaw Moor, Durham, Durham, DH7 7LF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJun 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Dec 2023
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
close to County Durham median (1.9)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in County Durham

30 applications for 15 places · 53rd of 138 in County Durham
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
52%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJun 2018
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Dec 2023

Inspection history

  1. 6 December 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 26 June 2018
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.0applications per place, Reception
close to County Durham median (1.9) close to England median (2.2)

30 applications · 15 places offered · 15 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
  2. 2025 1.5; County Durham median median 1.8
  3. 2024 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
  4. 2023 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
  7. 2020 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.6; County Durham median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
  10. 2017 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
  11. 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5
  12. 2015 1.2; County Durham median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.2; County Durham median median 1.6
More applications per place than the County Durham median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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 202615302.0151.00
Sep 202520291.5180.90
Sep 202429411.4280.97
Sep 202323331.4231.00
Sep 202220311.6201.00
Sep 202123311.4231.00
Sep 202024461.9241.00
Sep 201922361.6160.73
Sep 201825361.4230.92
Sep 201717231.4171.00
Sep 201621261.2190.90
Sep 201526321.2230.88
Sep 201428331.2250.89

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 66% · Maths 69% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard52%141st of 184 in County Durham
Reading
Expected standard72%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard66%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard69%
Higher standard24%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • County Durham median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2552%7%102103
2023/2441%0%100104
2022/2350%4%104102

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
123350 · 840/3519
Capacity
210 pupils · 201 on roll
Free school meals
43.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2006
Address
Durham Road, Ushaw Moor, Durham Road, Ushaw Moor, Durham, Durham, DH7 7LF
Local authority
County Durham

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