Red Rose Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Red Rose Primary School is a primary school in Chester le Street, County Durham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 November 2023. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Red Rose Primary 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
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 43 first-choice applications for 43 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 14.6% 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
- York Terrace, Red Rose Primary School, Chester le Street, DH3 3NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 294 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this exceptionally caring school.”
- “Every morning, pupils are greeted by friendly staff.”
- “Pupils say, ‘it doesn’t matter if you’re different, because everyone is unique in their own way.”
To improve
- “In a small number of foundation subjects, the school does not know, precisely enough, how well pupils remember what they have been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 81% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 43 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 43 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.
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Cestria Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newker Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bullion Lane Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lumley Infant and Nursery School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Lumley Junior School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Nettlesworth Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published