Primary schools in Chester le Street
18 primary schools in Chester le Street, 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.
Chester le Street in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 16 schools in Chester le Street first 457 times for 463 places: 0.99 first choices per place. 0 of the 16 had more first choices than places. For 2023 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.09 miles (Nettlesworth Primary School) to 1.51 miles (Cestria Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
- Barley Mow Primary School
- Bullion Lane Primary School
- Cestria Primary School
- Lumley Infant and Nursery School
- Lumley Junior School
- Nettlesworth Primary School
- Newker Primary School
- Pelton Community Primary School
- Portobello Primary School
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
- Red Rose Primary School
- Roseberry Primary and Nursery School
- St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street
- Ouston Primary School
- Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
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