Esh Winning Academy

Academy converter·Primary school County Durham·DH7 9BE
Composite score
44.1
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National rank
#516
In North East
#119
In County Durham
Top 64%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 25 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 25 places

Every child who put Esh Winning Academy 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
295
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
45.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,007
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Esh Winning Academy

Esh Winning Academy is a primary school in County Durham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 295 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Esh Winning Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 45% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Esh Winning Academy 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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