Graded inspection · Dec 2021 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Requires improvement | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry33 applications · 21 places offered · 20 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.3; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Woodham Burn Community Primary School (URN 109302), 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 | 21 | 33 | 1.6 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 21 | 48 | 2.3 | 20 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 55 | 2.2 | 26 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2023 * | 38 | 47 | 1.2 | 20 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2022 * | 22 | 41 | 1.9 | 19 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2021 * | 28 | 43 | 1.5 | 24 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 * | 21 | 49 | 2.3 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 24 | 56 | 2.3 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 * | 42 | 65 | 1.6 | 42 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 23 | 41 | 1.8 | 20 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 * | 18 | 35 | 1.9 | 16 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2014 * | 28 | 48 | 1.7 | 25 | 0.89 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 61% · Writing 76% · Maths 70% → 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% | 6% | 101 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 5% | 103 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 44% | 8% | 101 | 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
- Woodham Burn Community Primary School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20211.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · County DurhamGood20221.9applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · County DurhamGood20221.8applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.5applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County Durham20262.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · County DurhamNot yet inspected2.2applications 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149737 · 840/3518
- Capacity
- 330 pupils · 222 on roll
- Free school meals
- 49.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2023
- Replaced
- Woodham Burn Community Primary School (URN 109302)
- Address
- Humphrey Close, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4EX
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources