Graded inspection · Sep 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 entry29 applications · 22 places offered · 21 named it first
- 2026 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.0; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.0; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as South Hetton Primary School (URN 114195), 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 | 22 | 29 | 1.3 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 30 | 1.2 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 30 | 41 | 1.4 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 18 | 28 | 1.6 | 19 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 21 | 22 | 1.1 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2021 | 17 | 21 | 1.2 | 16 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 25 | 28 | 1.1 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 42 | 1.4 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 25 | 31 | 1.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 34 | 38 | 1.1 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 19 | 18 | 1.0 | 17 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 * | 31 | 31 | 1.0 | 29 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 35 | 40 | 1.1 | 36 | 1.03 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 70% · Writing 78% · Maths 65% → all three 57% 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 | 57% | 17% | 106 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 0% | 103 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 62% | 15% | 104 | 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
- South Hetton PrimaryThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · SunderlandRemains Good20231.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County DurhamRemains Good20233.6applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamGood20231.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · Sunderland20261.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · SunderlandRemains Good20242.1applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · County Durham20262.6applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · County DurhamGood20241.7applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.1 km · County DurhamRemains Good20221.4applications per place 64%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
- 141999 · 840/2019
- Capacity
- 231 pupils · 202 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- South Hetton Primary School (URN 114195)
- Address
- Frederick Terrace, South Hetton, Durham, DH6 2TJ
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources