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 | 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 entry32 applications · 20 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 2.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.1; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 3.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 6.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.0; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.4; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.7; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.9; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.8; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Castleside Primary School (URN 114043), 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 | 20 | 32 | 1.6 | 23 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2025 | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 5 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2024 | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 9 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 * | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 20 | 44 | 2.2 | 24 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 * | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2015 * | 14 | 26 | 1.9 | 13 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 * | 17 | 31 | 1.8 | 20 | 1.18 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 86% · Writing 57% · Maths 79% → all three 43% 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 | 43% | 14% | 107 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 30% | 0% | 104 | 104 |
| 2022/23 | 38% | 0% | 105 | 104 |
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
- Castleside Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.6applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20244.4applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamGood20231.6applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.6 km · County DurhamGood2024
- 3.8 km · County Durham20261.5applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
- 3.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20231.9applications per place
- 3.9 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 52%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
- 150341 · 840/2266
- Capacity
- 140 pupils · 83 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2024
- Replaced
- Castleside Primary School (URN 114043)
- Address
- Moorland Crescent, Castleside, Consett, DH8 9RG
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources