Shotley Bridge Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Consett, 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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Shotley Bridge Primary School is a primary school in Consett, County Durham for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 October 2023. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Shotley Bridge 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, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 33 first-choice applications for 34 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 10.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham is 20.9%.
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
- Snows Green Road, Shotley Bridge, Consett, DH8 0ES
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 344 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Shotley Bridge Primary School are being moulded into leaders for the future.”
- “The school values, including kindness, honesty and courage, are taught to pupils explicitly.”
- “The school recognises and rewards when pupils demonstrate these values.”
To improve
- “These systems are more developed in some subjects than others.”
- “In some subjects, these systems do not allow teachers to check what pupils have remembered over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 November 2023 (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) | 59% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 33 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.
- Benfieldside Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ebchester CofE Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Consett Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Consett Junior School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- The Grove Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published