Roseberry Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Chester le Street, 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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Roseberry Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Chester le Street, 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.

Roseberry Primary and Nursery 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 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
There are 16.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
23.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham is 45.8%.

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: Pelton Lane, Pelton, Chester le Street, DH2 1NP
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: County Durham
Pupils on roll: 266 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 23.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 16.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 27 February 2024

Strengths

“Roseberry Primary and Nursery School is a safe and inclusive school.”
“All pupils are included in all aspects of school life.”
“Pupils benefit from a strong curriculum that helps them to learn how to be respectful, resilient and ready for life.”

To improve

“Pupils can go several weeks without revisiting what they have previously learned in these subjects.”
“As a result, pupils’ knowledge in these subjects becomes less secure.”
“However, they cannot recall some key knowledge identified by the school, such as the meaning of the terms ‘crosscontamination’ or ‘carbohydrates’.”

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)	64%	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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 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.

West Pelton Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Pelton Community Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Ouston Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Beamish Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bullion Lane Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Newker Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published