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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 May 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 11 May 2022Ungraded 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 entry57 applications · 34 places offered · 34 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.4; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.4; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 34 | 57 | 1.7 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 36 | 67 | 1.9 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 50 | 86 | 1.7 | 49 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 42 | 58 | 1.4 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 35 | 58 | 1.7 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 37 | 68 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 32 | 73 | 2.3 | 31 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 57 | 103 | 1.8 | 55 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 41 | 73 | 1.8 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 46 | 90 | 2.0 | 46 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 50 | 70 | 1.4 | 49 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 44 | 61 | 1.4 | 41 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 45 | 71 | 1.6 | 42 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 76% · Writing 69% · Maths 79% → all three 64% 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 | 64% | 2% | 105 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 6% | 104 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 69% | 19% | 107 | 105 |
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
- Tanfield Lea Community Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County DurhamRemains Good · improving20241.5applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.0applications per place
- 2.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGood202474%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County DurhamGood20241.9applications per place 22%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County Durham20261.5applications per place 78%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
- 131545 · 840/3522
- Capacity
- 400 pupils · 325 on roll
- Free school meals
- 34.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2007
- Address
- Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9LU
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources