Graded inspection · Oct 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 · 5 places offered · 5 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 4.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.1; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 3.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 5.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 3.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.2; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 3.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.8; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.3; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as St Pius X Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 114249), 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 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 6 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 4 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 13 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2019 * | 15 | 33 | 2.2 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 * | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 34 | 2.3 | 12 | 0.80 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 60% · Writing 67% · Maths 67% → all three 47% 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 | 47% | 13% | 106 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 38% | 0% | 105 | 101 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 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 Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, ConsettThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20244.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · County DurhamGood20231.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamGood20221.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamGood2024
- 2.1 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.9applications per place
- 2.5 km · County Durham20261.5applications per place 35%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
- 148819 · 840/3403
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 75 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2021
- Replaced
- St Pius X Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 114249)
- Address
- Thornfield Road, The Grove, Consett, DH8 8AX
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources