Consett Infant School

Community school·Infant school Consett, County Durham·DH8 6AF

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Consett Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

51 first choices, 52 places

First choices per place

0.98

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

101

any preference, for 52 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9820221.0420231.0020241.0020250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Consett Infant School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 161
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

21.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

11.2%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

6.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.6%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

24.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,296

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett Consett · 0.1 mi 39.6 Consett Junior School Consett · 0.2 mi 51.7 Delves Lane Primary School Consett · 0.6 mi 22.8 Leadgate Primary School - Split Site Consett · 1.0 mi 34.0 Benfieldside Primary School Consett · 1.1 mi 42.0 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill Consett · 1.1 mi 51.7 The Grove Primary School Consett · 1.2 mi 24.7 St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett Consett · 1.3 mi 45.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Consett Infant School is a primary school serving Consett, County Durham, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 161 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll.

Consett Infant School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 51 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. Consett Infant School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.