Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School

Community school·Primary school County Durham·DH1 2TX
Composite score
57.3
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#4,747
National rank
#265
In North East
#64
In County Durham
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
67
any preference, for 23 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320221.0420231.0020241.0020250.962026

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

Every child who put Belmont Cheveley Park 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
204
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,906
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School is a primary school serving County Durham, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 204 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School 'Good'. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 32% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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