Graded inspection · Apr 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 | 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 entry22 applications · 7 places offered · 7 named it first
- 2026 3.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.1; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.1; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Bloemfontein Primary School (URN 114034), 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 | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2023 | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 22 | 39 | 1.8 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 22 | 39 | 1.8 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 * | 20 | 32 | 1.6 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 18 | 22 | 1.2 | 18 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 21 | 27 | 1.3 | 19 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2015 * | 21 | 31 | 1.5 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 13 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 86% · Writing 71% · Maths 86% → all three 67% 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 | 67% | 0% | 105 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 5% | 105 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 0% | 105 | 100 |
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
- Bloemfontein Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · County DurhamGood20241.9applications per place 22%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County Durham20261.2applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamGood202474%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.0applications per place
- 1.2 km · County DurhamImproved significantly20251.9applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 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
- 145983 · 840/2233
- Capacity
- 200 pupils · 127 on roll
- Free school meals
- 58.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2018
- Replaced
- Bloemfontein Primary School (URN 114034)
- Address
- The Middles, Craghead, Stanley, DH9 6AG
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources