Durham Newton Hall Infants' School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Durham, County Durham
Durham Newton Hall Infants' School is a primary school in Durham, County Durham for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Langley Road, Newton Hall, Durham, DH1 5LP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 110 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Everyone is welcome at Newton Hall Infants’ School.”
- “Leaders and staff care strongly about pupils and know them as individuals.”
- “There is a culture of kindness.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas, such as spelling, sentence structure and handwriting, some pupils do not develop these skills as they should.”
- “As a result, the school sometimes assigns writing tasks that may be too challenging for them.”
- “However, for a small number of pupils with the most progress to make, books are not well matched to the sounds they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2026, as County Durham published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in County Durham.
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- St Godric's Catholic Primary School, Durham 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Framwellgate Moor Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Finchale Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Durham Gilesgate Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Laurel Avenue Community Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published