All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester

Academy converter·Primary school County Durham·DH7 0JG
Composite score
63.3
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#3,084
National rank
#168
In North East
#43
In County Durham
Top 21%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% 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%
19 first choices, 19 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 19 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester 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
169
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,985
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester

All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester is a primary school in County Durham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 169 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 13.0 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 in the top 21% of primary schools nationally.

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). All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 19 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 23.7 pupils per teacher. All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester 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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