Acre Rigg Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Peterlee, 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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Acre Rigg Infant School is a primary school in Peterlee, County Durham for ages 2–7 (community school). County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Acre Rigg Infant 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, as was every applicant at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 40 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer and the 35th lowest of 195 County Durham primary schools.
- Of pupils here, 52.4% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 36.6% 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
- Acre Rigg Road, Peterlee, SR8 2DU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 252 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils have a strong sense of belonging to the Acre Rigg Infant School family.”
- “They are known to all staff, who care deeply about their learning and their social and emotional needs.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are consistently positive.”
To improve
- “However, this sometimes makes it difficult for pupils at the early stage of learning to read so they can practise the sounds they have learned.”
- “Consequently, not all pupils are gaining fluency and confidence in their reading as quickly as they could.”
- “However, staff do not consistently remind pupils to hold their pencils correctly.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 38 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.
- Acre Rigg Academy 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Howletch Lane Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Seascape Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shotton Hall Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Easington CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dene House Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published