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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 11 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 13 March 2013Graded inspection: Good · as South Stanley Infant and Nursery School, URN 114030
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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 entry51 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first
- 2026 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.5; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.6; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 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 South Stanley Infant and Nursery School (URN 114030), 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 | 25 | 51 | 2.0 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 32 | 58 | 1.8 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 19 | 34 | 1.8 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 19 | 42 | 2.2 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 43 | 2.3 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 61 | 2.0 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 41 | 71 | 1.7 | 34 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2019 | 19 | 48 | 2.5 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 32 | 62 | 1.9 | 31 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 29 | 56 | 1.9 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 * | 32 | 52 | 1.6 | 31 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 35 | 49 | 1.4 | 34 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 43 | 58 | 1.4 | 34 | 0.79 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- South Stanley Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.0applications per place
- 0.1 km · County DurhamGood202474%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · County DurhamGood20241.9applications per place 22%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County DurhamImproved significantly20251.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County Durham20261.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamGood20243.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.9applications per place 65%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
- 143584 · 840/2225
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 113 on roll
- Free school meals
- 53.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2017
- Replaced
- South Stanley Infant and Nursery School (URN 114030)
- Address
- Tyne Road, South Stanley, Stanley, DH9 6PZ
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources