Springmoor Grange School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Spennymoor, 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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Springmoor Grange School is a primary school in Spennymoor, County Durham for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Springmoor Grange 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 47 first-choice applications for 51 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 25.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.1 across 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
- Durham Road, Spennymoor, DL16 6SQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 415 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Ox Close Primary School are happy and safe.”
- “They are nurtured by caring staff.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils.”
To improve
- “In some foundation subjects, sometimes it is not clear in curriculum planning what different-aged pupils should know and remember, when they are taught in mixed-aged classes.”
- “As a result, the curriculum in these subjects is not meeting some pupils’ needs.”
- “Sometimes, the curriculum and the way it is taught does not allow some pupils to explore some subjects in greater depth.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 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) | 58% | 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: 47 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 47 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 Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- King Street Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- North Park Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Middlestone Moor Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School 1.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Kirk Merrington Primary School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published