Hartside Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Crook, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.045 miles
Published by Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Hartside Primary Academy is a primary school in Crook, County Durham for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 15 June 2022. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Hartside Primary 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 | 1.045 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 1.045 miles away, the 4th shortest of 20 County Durham primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 26.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 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
- Hartside, Crook, DL15 9NN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 15 June 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils mirror the school’s ‘character traits’ in their daily behaviour.”
- “They know the importance of having empathy, showing kindness, respecting others and having the grit to keep going.”
- “One pupil said that ‘traits help us to be our best selves’.”
To improve
- “A few subjects are not yet as carefully structured so that the knowledge pupils acquire links to other things they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 2022 (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) | 63% | 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: 31 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Crook Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Peases West Academy 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Howden-le-Wear Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sunnybrow Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Willington Primary School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published