School admissions in Chester le Street
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
16 schools. 0 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullion Lane Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Cestria Primary School | 1.00 | 60 | 1.51 miles |
| Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Lumley Infant and Nursery School | 1.00 | 32 | not published |
| Newker Primary School | 1.00 | 22 | not published |
| Ouston Primary School | 1.00 | 31 | not published |
| Pelton Community Primary School | 1.00 | 27 | not published |
| Portobello Primary School | 1.00 | 30 | not published |
| Red Rose Primary School | 1.00 | 43 | 2.202 miles |
| Roseberry Primary and Nursery School | 1.00 | 28 | not published |
| St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston | 1.00 | 21 | not published |
| St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley | 1.00 | 15 | not published |
| Ravensworth Terrace Primary School | 0.98 | 45 | not published |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street | 0.96 | 27 | not published |
| Barley Mow Primary School | 0.87 | 15 | not published |
| Nettlesworth Primary School | 0.85 | 13 | 0.091 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park View School | 1.06 | 235 | 3.316 miles |
| Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy | 0.96 | 272 | not published |
| Hermitage Academy | 0.86 | 154 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.