Report card · inspected Jan 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 | Needs attention | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Achievement | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Needs attention | ||||
| Early years | Urgent improvement | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement | ||||
- 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
- 13 January 2026Report card · 2 Needs attention, 5 Urgent improvement
- 28 September 2021Graded 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 entry39 applications · 27 places offered · 27 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.0; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.5; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 0.9; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.3; 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 | 27 | 39 | 1.4 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 18 | 36 | 2.0 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 19 | 32 | 1.7 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 35 | 46 | 1.3 | 34 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 25 | 42 | 1.7 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 19 | 26 | 1.4 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 23 | 38 | 1.7 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 27 | 41 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 22 | 43 | 2.0 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 40 | 51 | 1.3 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 22 | 28 | 1.3 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 47 | 41 | 0.9 | 33 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2014 | 29 | 39 | 1.3 | 29 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 33% · Writing 22% · Maths 11% → all three 7% 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 | 7% | 0% | 100 | 94 |
| 2023/24 | 27% | 3% | 100 | 99 |
| 2022/23 | 0% | 0% | 94 | 95 |
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
- Seascape Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 7%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County DurhamSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place
- 1.0 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamGood20242.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good202347%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place
- 1.9 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 44%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
- 133701 · 840/2004
- Capacity
- 385 pupils · 263 on roll
- Free school meals
- 72.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2002
- Address
- Ellison Road, Peterlee, SR8 5NJ
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources