Tanfield Lea Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Stanley, 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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Tanfield Lea Community Primary School is a primary school in Stanley, County Durham for ages 2–11 (community school). County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Tanfield Lea Community 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.
- 2026 Reception entry had 34 first-choice applications for 34 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- There are 22.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 2% 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
- Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9LU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 325 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Tanfield Lea Primary School is a safe, exciting and happy place where pupils thrive.”
- “As soon as children start in the early years, staff get to know them and their families well.”
- “This helps them to get off to a flying start in their schooling.”
To improve
- “However, the same high standards that teachers have in English lessons have yet to translate into the wider curriculum.”
- “In these subjects, pupils' handwriting, spelling and grammar are less accurate.”
- “This hinders the quality of their writing across the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 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) | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 34 offers in total, 34 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shield Row Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton 1.3 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- South Stanley Infant and Nursery School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- East Stanley School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Stanley Junior School 1.5 mi Good
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Burnopfield Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published