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Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy

Primary · Ferryhill · DL17 8QY

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 24 September 2024

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At a glance

248 pupils · 118% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
30.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.clevescrossprimary.org.uk
URN
140324

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.262 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its inspection on 24 September 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 26 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.262 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
84%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school84%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
County Durham average62.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Mary's Catholic Primary AcademyBatley · 67 miles awayNo current grade60%
Carrfield Primary AcademyRotherham · 81 miles awayGood63%
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School, HartlepoolHartlepool · 12 miles awayOutstanding86%
Tenterden Church of England Junior SchoolTenterden · 267 miles awayGood46%
South Hetton PrimaryDurham · 9 miles awayGood57%
Walsall Wood SchoolWalsall · 143 miles awayGood77%
Sharlston Community SchoolWakefield · 71 miles awayNo current grade64%
Mexborough St John the Baptist CofE Primary SchoolMexborough · 83 miles awayNo current grade34%
Pilgrim AcademyImmingham · 91 miles awayGood65%
Brigg Primary SchoolBrigg · 89 miles awayGood43%
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, DovercourtHarwich · 223 miles awayGood67%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, ChristchurchChristchurch · 273 miles awayGood74%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (County Durham 90%, England 60%) · Not recorded 3% (County Durham 0%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 3% (County Durham 0%, England 0%) · Black African 2% (County Durham 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (County Durham 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.26 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · County Durham: 3.75 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
30.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

25% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,863; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications30.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work15.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways34%18.1%
Residents in very good health32.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier36.3%62.3%
Social housing50.9%17.1%
Privately rented12.6%20.5%
Detached houses6%22.9%
Flats1.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms2.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van38.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020798 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£97,500203 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£79,500–£136,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (29)£220,000
Semi-detached (91)£110,000
Terraced (83)£81,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
2a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
8a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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