Report card · inspected May 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| 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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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 entry128 applications · 60 places offered · 56 named it first
- 2026 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.0; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.8; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Vane Road Primary School (URN 114206), 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 | 60 | 128 | 2.1 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 131 | 2.2 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 118 | 2.0 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 60 | 156 | 2.6 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2022 * | 59 | 132 | 2.2 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 * | 60 | 154 | 2.6 | 82 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2020 * | 60 | 134 | 2.2 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2019 * | 60 | 107 | 1.8 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2018 * | 44 | 103 | 2.3 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 34 | 86 | 2.5 | 34 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 56 | 100 | 1.8 | 46 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 * | 56 | 82 | 1.5 | 53 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 * | 57 | 87 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.96 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 79% · Writing 81% · Maths 90% → all three 72% 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 | 72% | 14% | 107 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 5% | 106 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 69% | 7% | 105 | 105 |
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
- Vane Road Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.9applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamRequires improvement20211.6applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · County DurhamGood20221.9applications per place 29%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County DurhamGood20221.8applications per place 84%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.5applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · County Durham20262.7applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 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
- 149738 · 840/2742
- Capacity
- 440 pupils · 427 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 June 2023
- Replaced
- Vane Road Primary School (URN 114206)
- Address
- Vane Road, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5RH
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources