Report card · inspected Feb 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Needs attention | ||||
| 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
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Inspection history
- 17 February 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 15 January 2020Graded inspection: Good · as Middlestone Moor Primary School, URN 131886
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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 entry47 applications · 26 places offered · 23 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.5; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.6; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.6; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Middlestone Moor Primary School (URN 131886), 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 | 26 | 47 | 1.8 | 23 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2025 | 34 | 49 | 1.4 | 32 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 22 | 32 | 1.5 | 20 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 40 | 58 | 1.5 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 30 | 49 | 1.6 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 33 | 56 | 1.7 | 30 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 * | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 27 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 * | 38 | 60 | 1.6 | 36 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2018 * | 25 | 54 | 2.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 40 | 54 | 1.4 | 39 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 40 | 79 | 2.0 | 56 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2015 * | 39 | 62 | 1.6 | 43 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2014 * | 37 | 94 | 2.5 | 52 | 1.41 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 79% → all three 71% 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 | 71% | 0% | 103 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 0% | 103 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 51% | 0% | 102 | 101 |
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
- Middlestone Moor AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.4applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamGood20242.0applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County DurhamGood20232.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamGood20242.3applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good20241.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County DurhamOutstanding20243.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20242.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 3.3 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149505 · 840/2001
- Capacity
- 278 pupils · 265 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2023
- Replaced
- Middlestone Moor Primary School (URN 131886)
- Address
- Rock Road, Durham, DL16 7DA
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources