Byerley Park Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.048 miles
Published by Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Byerley Park Primary School is a primary school in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham for ages 4–11 (community school). County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Byerley 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 | 1.048 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 2024/25 expected-standard results in reading, writing and maths were the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- For 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 1.048 miles away, the 5th shortest of 20 County Durham primary schools with a published last distance.
- 25.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 49.8% 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
- Greenfield Way, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 7LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 207 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Byerley Park Primary School are proud, happy and cheerful ambassadors for their school.”
- “They exemplify the school values of 'respect, learning and safety'.”
- “There are highly positive relationships between pupils and staff.”
To improve
- “Some improvements are early in their stage of implementation so are not, at present, having the desired impact on pupils' learning.”
- “Infrequently, some pupils can struggle with their behaviour.”
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders' checks on learning are in the early stages of implementation.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 2026 (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) | 73% | 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: 38 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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 Francis Horndale CofE Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sugar Hill Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Vane Road Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon 1.8 mi Good Last distance published