Report card · inspected Jul 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected 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
- 14 July 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 8 March 2022Graded 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 entry61 applications · 32 places offered · 32 named it first
- 2026 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.9; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.4; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Dene House Primary School (URN 114200), the previous school.
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 | 32 | 61 | 1.9 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 42 | 70 | 1.7 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 31 | 60 | 1.9 | 30 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 18 | 45 | 2.5 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 31 | 54 | 1.7 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 31 | 39 | 1.3 | 29 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 31 | 50 | 1.6 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 23 | 48 | 2.1 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 29 | 55 | 1.9 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 32 | 43 | 1.3 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 41 | 59 | 1.4 | 41 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 36 | 52 | 1.4 | 36 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 78% · Writing 72% · Maths 74% → all three 59% 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 | 59% | 9% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 2% | 106 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 5% | 105 | 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
- Dene House Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamGood20242.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County DurhamSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 7%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place
- 1.9 km · County DurhamGood20231.4applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place
- 2.2 km · County DurhamRemains Good202347%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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141998 · 840/2018
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 303 on roll
- Free school meals
- 54.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- Dene House Primary School (URN 114200)
- Address
- Manor Way, Peterlee, SR8 5RL
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources