Wheatley Hill 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
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Wheatley Hill 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 5 October 2023. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Wheatley Hill 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 Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place: 41 first-choice applications for 41 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Reading, writing and maths: 68% met the expected standard in 2024/25 (England 62%), while 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 445 pupils on roll (January 2026) and a published admission number of 56 places for Reception 2027.
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
- Wheatley Hill Primary School, Wheatley Hill, Durham, DH6 3RQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 445 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 October 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to this welcoming school.”
- “Pupils of all abilities prosper in the nurturing environment.”
- “Pupils with SEND settle in quickly and experience success in school, often joining lessons in the mainstream classes.”
To improve
- “Reading support for younger children is less effective and is not helping the weaker readers catch up quickly enough.”
- “Although the school provides access to a wide variety of high-quality texts, pupils do not embrace these opportunities.”
- “Pupils are not taught to recognise the value of books, and many books are lost at home.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2023 (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) | 68% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 41 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 Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Thornley Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Deaf Hill Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Ludworth Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shotton Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Wingate 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wingate Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published