Graded inspection · Dec 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 entry48 applications · 36 places offered · 36 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.5; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.2; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Brandon Primary School (URN 135207), 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 | 36 | 48 | 1.3 | 36 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 31 | 47 | 1.5 | 30 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 33 | 45 | 1.4 | 33 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 19 | 32 | 1.7 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 26 | 40 | 1.5 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 * | 34 | 47 | 1.4 | 33 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 38 | 1.3 | 28 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 26 | 38 | 1.5 | 27 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 * | 26 | 37 | 1.4 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2017 * | 26 | 36 | 1.4 | 22 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2016 * | 38 | 46 | 1.2 | 38 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 32 | 35 | 1.1 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 31 | 37 | 1.2 | 30 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 73% · Writing 70% · Maths 68% → all three 57% 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 | 57% | 14% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 6% | 105 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 48% | 7% | 102 | 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
- Brandon Primary AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamRemains Good20222.6applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · County Durham20262.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · County Durham20263.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · County DurhamGood20243.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.0applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · County Durham20262.2applications per place 85%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
- 148858 · 840/3525
- Capacity
- 496 pupils · 280 on roll
- Free school meals
- 54.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2022
- Replaced
- Brandon Primary School (URN 135207)
- Address
- Carr Avenue, Brandon, Durham, DH7 8NL
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources