All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Durham, 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 🔒
All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester is a primary school in Durham, County Durham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester 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, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception applicant for 2026 was offered a place, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 19 first-choice applications for 19 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 12.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 41.7% 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
- Kitswell Road, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0JG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 165 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “All Saints’ Catholic Primary School is a happy and inclusive place, where pupils thrive.”
- “The care and support provided by all staff helps pupils to become confident, resilient, young people.”
- “The school’s mission statement, ‘aspire not to have more but to be more’, is realised through pupils’ hard work and positive attitudes to their learning.”
To improve
- “However, in a minority of wider curriculum areas, these approaches are less consistent.”
- “Where this is the case, pupils remember less of the vocabulary and curriculum knowledge they have been taught.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 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) | 74% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnhope Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Annfield Plain Infant School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Annfield Plain Junior School 2.3 mi School remains Good
- Catchgate Primary School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Greenland Community Primary School 2.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Esh CofE (Aided) Primary School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh Village 3.1 mi Good Last distance published