Graded inspection · May 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 | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 7 May 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 27 February 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry60 applications · 22 places offered · 22 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.4; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.7; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.7; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.9; 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 | 22 | 60 | 2.7 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 31 | 74 | 2.4 | 30 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 34 | 77 | 2.3 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 41 | 97 | 2.4 | 36 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 86 | 2.4 | 31 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 | 52 | 90 | 1.7 | 47 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 57 | 110 | 1.9 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 36 | 87 | 2.4 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 55 | 108 | 2.0 | 54 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 48 | 99 | 2.1 | 44 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 101 | 1.7 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 58 | 100 | 1.7 | 61 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 116 | 1.9 | 71 | 1.18 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 78% · Maths 78% → all three 69% 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 | 69% | 7% | 105 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 4% | 107 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 59% | 10% | 104 | 103 |
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
- Newker Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · County DurhamGood20241.3applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamGood20232.9applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamGood20232.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · County Durham20251.6applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · County DurhamGood20241.4applications per place
- 2.8 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected1.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · County DurhamRemains Good202477%met the SATs standard
- 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
- 131233 · 840/2943
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 340 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 1998
- Address
- Waldridge Road, Chester le Street, DH2 3AA
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources