Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Durham, 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 🔒
Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School is a primary school in Durham, County Durham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Belmont Cheveley Park 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
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, from 22 first-choice applications for 23 offers, with 1 offer going to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 18.7 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 22.9 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
- Scardale Way, Belmont, Durham, DH1 2TX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 206 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 30 April 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school get on very well with one another.”
- “They play together harmoniously during social times.”
- “Pupils are happy and they feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, the school’s plans for curriculum development have been hampered by previous staff turbulence.”
- “The school is already working to develop and refine its curriculum, but there remains more to do.”
- “For example, in some subjects, the purpose, sequencing and checks of pupils’ learning are not yet clearly mapped out.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 72% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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 Thomas More Primary School, Belmont 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sherburn Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Pittington Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Durham Gilesgate Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Laurel Avenue Community Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published