Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 30 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 12 July 2022Graded inspection: 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 entry26 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.9; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 3.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 3.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 3.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 3.1; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 3.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 3.0; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 4.0; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 3.5; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School (URN 114251), 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 | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 20 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2024 | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 12 | 44 | 3.7 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 9 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2020 * | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 * | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 23 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2018 * | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 19 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2017 * | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 22 | 1.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 15 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2015 * | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 25 | 2.27 |
| Sep 2014 * | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 22 | 1.69 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 67% · Writing 67% · Maths 73% → all three 60% 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 | 60% | 7% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 25% | 106 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 56% | 6% | 105 | 102 |
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
- Esh CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 0.1 km · County DurhamGood20221.6applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20241.5applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.2applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.0applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · County Durham20263.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20241.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good20222.1applications per place 53%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
- 148303 · 840/3406
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 98 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2021
- Replaced
- Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School (URN 114251)
- Address
- Front Street, Esh, Durham, DH7 9QR
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources