How far County Durham schools admitted from
For every oversubscribed school, County Durham publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 26 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.
The tightest is Framwellgate Moor Primary School at 0.45 miles in varies; the most far-reaching, Staindrop Academy, admitted from 10.96 miles.
Primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framwellgate Moor Primary School Durham | Outstanding | 0.45 mi | varies | 96% |
| Castleside Primary School Consett | Good | 0.48 mi | varies | 59% |
| North Park Primary School Spennymoor | Good | 0.53 mi | varies | 91% |
| Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy Stockton-on-Tees | No current grade | 0.57 mi | varies | 122% |
| Montalbo Nursery & Primary School Barnard Castle | Outstanding | 0.71 mi | varies | 114% |
| Finchale Primary School Durham | No current grade | 0.91 mi | varies | 100% |
| Sedgefield Primary School Stockton-on-Tees | No current grade | 1.14 mi | varies | 100% |
| Thornhill Primary School Shildon | Outstanding | 1.17 mi | varies | 98% |
| Tudhoe Colliery Primary School Spennymoor | No current grade | 1.4 mi | varies | 101% |
| Sugar Hill Primary School Newton Aycliffe | No current grade | 1.45 mi | varies | 96% |
| Langley Moor Primary School Durham | No current grade | 1.49 mi | varies | 93% |
| Shotton Hall Primary School Peterlee | No current grade | 1.66 mi | varies | 100% |
| Red Rose Primary School Chester le Street | Good | 1.89 mi | varies | 93% |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School Ferryhill | No current grade | 2.1 mi | varies | 104% |
| Byerley Park Primary School Newton Aycliffe | Good | 2.33 mi | varies | 99% |
| Kirk Merrington Primary School Spennymoor | Outstanding | 2.37 mi | varies | 105% |
| Toft Hill Primary School Bishop Auckland | No current grade | 4.28 mi | varies | 112% |
| Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School Newton Aycliffe | No current grade | 4.79 mi | varies | 79% |
| Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School Durham | No current grade | 6.89 mi | varies | 174% |
| Cassop Primary School Durham | Good | 7.0 mi | varies | 65% |
Secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Admitted from | Round | How full |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanfield School Stanley | No current grade | 1.28 mi | varies | 107% |
| Woodham Academy Newton Aycliffe | No current grade | 2.97 mi | varies | 97% |
| Durham Johnston Comprehensive School Durham | No current grade | 3.34 mi | varies | 98% |
| Belmont Community School Durham | No current grade | 4.16 mi | varies | 99% |
| Sedgefield Community College Stockton-on-Tees | No current grade | 5.0 mi | varies | 101% |
| Staindrop Academy Darlington | Good | 10.96 mi | varies | 75% |
Reading the numbers
These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as County Durham measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →
Checking an address against these
Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.
Admission distances published by County Durham. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.