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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 1 May 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Woodlea Primary School, URN 114009
- 9 January 2019Graded inspection: Good · as Woodlea Primary School, URN 114009
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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 entry53 applications · 25 places offered · 24 named it first
- 2026 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.7; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 2.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 2.6; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 3.0; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.6; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Woodlea Primary School (URN 114009), 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 | 25 | 53 | 2.1 | 24 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 23 | 38 | 1.7 | 22 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 * | 26 | 46 | 1.8 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 21 | 45 | 2.1 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 25 | 48 | 1.9 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 23 | 52 | 2.3 | 23 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 22 | 62 | 2.8 | 23 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 * | 30 | 79 | 2.6 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 * | 20 | 60 | 3.0 | 24 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2017 * | 29 | 74 | 2.6 | 37 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 * | 27 | 49 | 1.8 | 22 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 * | 26 | 51 | 2.0 | 26 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 27 | 54 | 2.0 | 26 | 0.96 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Woodlea Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20242.1applications per place
- 1.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.1applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamRemains Good202477%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · County DurhamGood20241.4applications per place
- 2.2 km · SunderlandStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Sunderland20261.6applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · SunderlandRemains Good20221.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 67%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
- 151176 · 840/2126
- Trust
- Eden Learning Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 197 on roll
- Free school meals
- 23.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2024
- Replaced
- Woodlea Primary School (URN 114009)
- Address
- Fence Houses, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6AR
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources