Primary schools in Barnard Castle
6 primary schools in Barnard Castle, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Barnard Castle in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 6 schools in Barnard Castle first 91 times for 90 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the County Durham authority's 199 schools. One of the 6 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Montalbo Nursery & Primary School, to 0.81 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Montalbo Nursery & Primary School
- Cotherstone Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School
- Green Lane Church of England Primary School
- Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy
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