Catchgate Primary School
Primary · Stanley · DH9 8LX
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 8 February 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
206 pupils · 77% of 266 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 44.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 19.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150371
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 8 February 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place19 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: County Durham school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 95% (County Durham 90%, England 60%) · Black African 2% (County Durham 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (County Durham 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (County Durham 1%, England 4%) · Any other White background 1% (County Durham 2%, England 7%) · other groups together 0%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
10.27 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
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
50% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 33% left the state-funded sector
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)
75% of teachers took sickness absence, 32.7 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 £51,552; 22.2% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 86% (77%) · premises 1% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £103,000; in-year balance +£82,000
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 16.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 26% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 20.5% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 25% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 37.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 60.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 18.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 20.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 13.9% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 1.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 10% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 27.4% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020638 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £110,000204 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £78,000–£150,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 8an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an urban school averages 6.1
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