St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Durham, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Durham, County Durham for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Margaret'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
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 16% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026: 54 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham is 17.9%.
- There are 24.8 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham is 21.3.
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
- Crossgate Peth, Durham, DH1 4QB
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 397 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 17 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are well known, highly valued and positively challenged to 'let their light shine' as part of the community at St Margaret’s.”
- “They enjoy coming to school and attendance is high.”
- “Pupils relish the time they spend learning, as well as social times with friends.”
To improve
- “However, pupils do not consistently produce the high-quality work of which they are capable in other subjects, even though they have secure knowledge that they share well in discussion with their teachers.”
- “However, in some subjects, teaching is not as consistently effective as it could be.”
- “The high expectations that teachers have of pupils' knowledge and contributions to discussion in lessons, are not as consistently upheld in relation to the work that pupils produce.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 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) | 85% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 54 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.
- Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langley Moor Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Laurel Avenue Community Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Langley Moor 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Framwellgate Moor Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Durham Gilesgate Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published