Graded inspection · Sep 2022 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 entry36 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 3.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.0; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; 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 St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Newton Aycliffe (URN 114266), 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 | 20 | 36 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 18 | 30 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 14 | 18 | 1.3 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 18 | 24 | 1.3 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 25 | 36 | 1.4 | 27 | 1.08 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 89% → all three 84% 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 | 84% | 0% | 106 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 0% | 102 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 82% | 0% | 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
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.8applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · County DurhamGood20221.9applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20211.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.5applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County Durham20262.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected2.2applications per place
- 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
- 143515 · 840/2020
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 175 pupils · 150 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2018
- Replaced
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Newton Aycliffe (URN 114266)
- Address
- Garburn Place, Durham, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7DE
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources