Graded inspection · Jun 2025 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 · 15 places offered · 14 named it first
- 2026 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.7; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; 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 Howden-le-Wear Primary School (URN 114061), 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 | 15 | 28 | 1.9 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 34 | 1.8 | 17 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 37 | 1.7 | 22 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 24 | 43 | 1.8 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 24 | 47 | 2.0 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 18 | 39 | 2.2 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 * | 25 | 42 | 1.7 | 26 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2019 * | 21 | 35 | 1.7 | 18 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2018 * | 21 | 37 | 1.8 | 22 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2017 * | 20 | 33 | 1.7 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 21 | 29 | 1.4 | 22 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 * | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 59% · Writing 63% · Maths 59% → all three 41% 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 | 41% | 4% | 104 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 13% | 107 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 70% | 20% | 109 | 108 |
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
- Howden-le-Wear Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.7applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamRemains Good20222.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · County DurhamGood20242.1applications per place
- 3.0 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
- 3.8 km · County DurhamGood20231.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 4.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.3applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148852 · 840/2318
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 175 pupils · 179 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2022
- Replaced
- Howden-le-Wear Primary School (URN 114061)
- Address
- School Street, Howden-le-Wear, Crook, DL15 8HJ
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources