East Stanley School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · 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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East Stanley School is a primary school in Stanley, County Durham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 September 2023. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
East Stanley 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, 54% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 17 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 51.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 52.2% 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
- Chester Road, East Stanley, Stanley, DH9 0TN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 174 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 September 2023
Strengths
- “Staff, leaders, governors and the trust share an ambition to give pupils the best education they can.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and they achieve well.”
- “They know that it is fine to have different individual characteristics and backgrounds and they treat each other kindly.”
To improve
- “In the wider curriculum, teachers do not check the depth of pupils’ understanding as effectively as in core subjects.”
- “In addition, the curriculum in wider subjects does not consistently enable pupils working at the highest level to learn as fully as they could.”
- “Following the pandemic, leaders realised that the phonics programme was not meeting the needs of enough pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 October 2023 (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) | 54% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 17 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.
- Shield Row Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stanley Burnside Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beamish Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Stanley Infant and Nursery School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Stanley Junior School 0.9 mi Good
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Bloemfontein Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published