Primary schools in Stanley
17 primary schools in Stanley, 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.
Stanley in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 15 schools in Stanley first 282 times for 282 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the County Durham authority's 199 schools. One of the 15 had more first choices than places. For 2023 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Shield Row Primary School, to 1.30 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.
- Annfield Plain Infant School
- Annfield Plain Junior School
- Beamish Primary School
- Bloemfontein Primary School
- Catchgate Primary School
- East Stanley School
- Shield Row Primary School
- South Stanley Junior School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton
- West Pelton Primary School
- Collierley Nursery and Primary School
- Tanfield Lea Community Primary School
- Stanley Burnside Primary School
- Greenland Community Primary School
- South Stanley Infant and Nursery School
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