Graded inspection · Mar 2023 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 |
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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 entry34 applications · 17 places offered · 17 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.9; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.9; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.3; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.7; 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 | 17 | 34 | 2.0 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 57 | 1.9 | 33 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 41 | 1.9 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 24 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 48 | 1.3 | 32 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2021 | 31 | 36 | 1.2 | 24 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 38 | 48 | 1.3 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 42 | 1.5 | 26 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 | 21 | 31 | 1.5 | 16 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2017 | 16 | 34 | 2.1 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 22 | 32 | 1.5 | 18 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 | 29 | 38 | 1.3 | 20 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 36 | 1.20 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 72% · Writing 66% · Maths 63% → all three 56% 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 | 56% | 3% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 4% | 103 | 100 |
| 2022/23 | 23% | 3% | 102 | 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
- North Park Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · County DurhamGood20242.3applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20241.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · County DurhamGood20242.0applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County Durham20261.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County DurhamOutstanding20243.6applications per place 83%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
- 132172 · 840/2003
- Capacity
- 266 pupils · 243 on roll
- Free school meals
- 65.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2002
- Address
- Bessemer Green, Spennymoor, DL16 6PP
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources