Shield Row Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Stanley, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Shield Row Primary School is a primary school in Stanley, County Durham for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2023. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Shield Row 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
- 29.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 51.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- For Reception 2026 there were 29 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family (3%) was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 21.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17 across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
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
- King Edward VIII Terrace, Shield Row, Stanley, DH9 0HQ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 196 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 November 2023
Strengths
- “Arriving at the school is like entering a wonderland.”
- “Corridors and classrooms are beautifully and painstakingly displayed.”
- “Pupils’ work adorns the walls and reflects the rich curriculum offer.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, some activities presented to pupils are too ambitious.”
- “Pupils have not secured the underpinning knowledge needed to tackle the activities well enough.”
- “For example, pupils in science were asked to undertake fair testing without the requisite knowledge of recording and variables to do so.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 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) | 65% | 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: 29 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.
- East Stanley School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stanley Burnside Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beamish Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Stanley Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Stanley Junior School 1.2 mi Good
- Tanfield Lea Community Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor 1.3 mi Good Last distance published