Lumley Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Chester le Street, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Lumley Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in Chester le Street, County Durham for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Lumley Infant and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 32 first-choice applications for 32 offers, and 10 of the 46 applications (22%) came from families living outside County Durham, with 8 offers going to them.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 14.9, against a middle figure of 22.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- 18.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham is 25.8%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other County Durham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Great Lumley, Chester le Street, DH3 4JL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 139 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from the school’s determination that every pupil should succeed.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are carefully considered within this offer which starts in the exceptional early years where children study a highly ambitious curriculum.”
- “Staff ensure that children are extremely well supported to concentrate well on the range of carefully selected activities to ensure they achieve the best possible outcomes.”
To improve
- “However, some lessons do not reflect the precise structure of the phonics programme.”
- “Phonics is not taught consistently well in all groups.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 32 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in County Durham.
- Lumley Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Red Rose Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlea Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cestria Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bournmoor Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newker Primary School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bullion Lane Primary School 1.9 mi Good Last distance published