Laurel Avenue Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Durham, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Laurel Avenue Community Primary School is a primary school in Durham, County Durham for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Laurel Avenue Community 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
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place; 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome did the same.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 58.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 15.9% 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
- Laurel Avenue, The Woodlands, Durham, DH1 2EY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 114 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “Laurel Avenue Community Primary School is highly inclusive.”
- “The staff care deeply about pupils and the wider community.”
- “The school provides a wealth of pastoral support.”
To improve
- “The school recognises that previous pupils have not achieved as well as they could in national assessments in reading and writing.”
- “However, in some subjects, some of the checks of what pupils can remember are not matched closely to the knowledge that leaders have identified that pupils need to know and remember.”
- “As a result, sometimes teachers do not identify the precise gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 60% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Durham Gilesgate Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More Primary School, Belmont 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published