Langley Moor Primary School

Community school·Primary school County Durham·DH7 8LL
Composite score
65.2
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#2,587
National rank
#134
In North East
#34
In County Durham
Top 18%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
61
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.43
00.511.52
1 per place
0.7920220.7920230.9320241.3920250.972026

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

Every child who put Langley Moor Primary 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
194
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,578
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Langley Moor Primary School at a glance

Located in County Durham, Langley Moor Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 194 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 18% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Langley Moor Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 29 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 3.9%. There are about 22.0 pupils per teacher. Langley Moor Primary 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.

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