Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry77 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first
- 2026 2.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.5; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.9; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 3.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 3.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 3.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.7; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 2.1; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 2.0; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.5; 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 | 30 | 77 | 2.6 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 75 | 2.5 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2024 | 27 | 77 | 2.9 | 27 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 94 | 3.1 | 42 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 81 | 2.7 | 41 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 92 | 3.1 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 87 | 3.0 | 38 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 82 | 2.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 76 | 2.5 | 43 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 70 | 2.3 | 37 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 64 | 2.1 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 | 30 | 46 | 1.5 | 26 | 0.87 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 83% · Writing 83% · Maths 86% → all three 72% 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 | 72% | 10% | 106 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 90% | 27% | 108 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 63% | 3% | 103 | 104 |
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
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20241.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · County DurhamGood20242.3applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamGood20242.0applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamGood20232.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · County Durham20261.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20222.6applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20241.7applications per place 52%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138557 · 840/2379
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 212 on roll
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 December 2012
- Replaced
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School (URN 114083)
- Address
- Front Street, Tudhoe Colliery, Tudhoe Colliery Primary School, Spennymoor, DL16 6TJ
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources