Graded inspection · Jun 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 | Outstanding | |||
| 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 entry28 applications · 14 places offered · 14 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Bluebell Meadow Primary School (URN 114071), 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 | 14 | 28 | 2.0 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 27 | 32 | 1.2 | 26 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 28 | 33 | 1.2 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 17 | 20 | 1.2 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 12 | 19 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 12 | 25 | 2.1 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 16 | 34 | 2.1 | 17 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2017 * | 42 | 77 | 1.8 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 29 | 34 | 1.2 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2015 * | 24 | 32 | 1.3 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 21 | 38 | 1.8 | 20 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 69% · Writing 75% · Maths 69% → all three 58% 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 | 58% | 3% | 103 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 16% | 106 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 55% | 3% | 102 | 104 |
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
- Bluebell Meadow Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.0applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.1 km · County DurhamGood20241.4applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20231.7applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · County DurhamRemains Good20221.1applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 4.2 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected1.5applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 4.3 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20242.4applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 4.5 km · County DurhamGood20231.3applications per place
- 4.6 km · County DurhamRemains Outstanding20242.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.6applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148138 · 840/2024
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 210 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Replaced
- Bluebell Meadow Primary School (URN 114071)
- Address
- Elwick View, Trimdon Station, TS29 6JU
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources