St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 3–11 · Crook, 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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St Stephen's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Crook, County Durham for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 February 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Stephen's Church of England 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 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
- Hall Lane, Willington, Crook, DL15 0QH
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 February 2024
Strengths
- “From nursery through to year 6, the pupils who attend St Stephen’s are proud of their school.”
- “They enjoy learning here and trust the adults in school to help them.”
- “They agree that school leaders are highly visible and approachable.”
To improve
- “This process is more developed in some subjects than in others.”
- “Some leaders are not yet monitoring the impact of the recent changes that have been made to the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 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) | 58% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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.
- Willington Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Sunnybrow Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Byers Green Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hunwick Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook 2.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Crook Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hartside Primary Academy 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published