Graded inspection · Mar 2022 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 | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Inadequate | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Early years provision | Inadequate |
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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 entry15 applications · 10 places offered · 10 named it first
- 2026 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.5; County Durham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.1; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.1; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.0; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School (URN 114109), 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 | 15 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 5 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 * | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 11 | 12 | 1.1 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 * | 15 | 16 | 1.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 15 | 17 | 1.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 12 | 13 | 1.1 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 15 | 16 | 1.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 23 | 23 | 1.0 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 13 | 14 | 1.1 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 12 | 15 | 1.3 | 12 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 67% · Maths 58% → 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% | 0% | 104 | 96 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Middleton-In-Teesdale AcademyThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Inadequate20221.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 8.4 km · County DurhamGood20241.6applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
- 12.2 km · County DurhamGood20241.2applications per place
- 12.3 km · County Durham20262.0applications per place
- 13.0 km · County DurhamOutstanding20232.2applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 13.3 km · County DurhamGood20242.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 13.5 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20243.1applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 13.7 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.3applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 14.5 km · County DurhamRemains Good20241.3applications per place
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149475 · 840/2025
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 73 on roll
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2024
- Replaced
- Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School (URN 114109)
- Address
- Town End, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle, DL12 0TG
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources