Kirk Merrington Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Spennymoor, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.886 miles
Published by Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Kirk Merrington Primary School is a primary school in Spennymoor, County Durham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Kirk Merrington 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 | 1.886 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 saw 36 first-choice applications for 25 offers, 1.4 first choices per offer, the highest of 195 County Durham primary schools.
- For Reception in 2026, 24 offers went to first-choice families and 12 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place.
- In 2026, the last Reception child offered a place lived 1.886 miles away, the 10th shortest of 20 County Durham primary schools with a published last distance.
- 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
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
- South View, Kirk Merrington, South View, Spennymoor, DL16 7JB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 180 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “This school has extremely high ambition for all of its pupils.”
- “Its all-encompassing curriculum, together with knowledgeable teaching, ensures that pupils make extremely strong progress across the whole curriculum.”
- “Kirk Merrington Primary School is a beacon of excellence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 83% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Middlestone Moor Academy 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Victoria Lane Academy 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Chilton Academy 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Park Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- King Street Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published