St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Crook, 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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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook is a primary school in Crook, County Durham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 June 2025. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook 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, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- At the higher standard, the 2024/25 figure was 0% (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place; 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome did the same.
- Pupils per teacher stand at 18.9, below the middle figure of 21.1 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
- Church Hill, Crook, DL15 9DN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 117 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this welcoming school.”
- “Warm and caring relationships with staff help pupils to feel safe.”
- “Staff get to know pupils well.”
To improve
- “However, occasionally, some checks are not thorough enough.”
- “When this happens, teaching moves on before pupils have learned the knowledge they need.”
- “Where this happens, pupils can have gaps in their foundational and subject-specific knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 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) | 69% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 9 offers in total, 9 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 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hartside Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Peases West Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Sunnybrow Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Howden-le-Wear Primary School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Willington Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published