Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Spennymoor, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.182 miles
Published by Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy is a primary school in Spennymoor, County Durham for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy 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 | 3.182 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 3.182 miles from the school, the 4th longest of 20 County Durham primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026 Reception entry, 32 first-choice applications for 30 offers: 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 4% 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
- Rosa Street, Spennymoor, DL16 7NA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 245 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy is a happy, focused place for pupils to learn.”
- “They are known and understood by the school community.”
- “Parents and carers show overwhelming support for the school and school staff.”
To improve
- “Subjects outside of the core are in varying degrees of implementation.”
- “While some subjects, such as history, have opportunities to help pupils revisit and remember key learning, other subjects do not do this.”
- “This hampers pupils’ retention of what they learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2025 (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) | 70% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 30 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.
- Middlestone Moor Academy 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King Street Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Springmoor Grange School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- North Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kirk Merrington Primary School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School 2.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published