Schools in the DH3 postcode district
Birtley, Chester le Street
These are the newest figures we have for each school. "1st prefs per place" means how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It shows how many people want the school. It does not tell you if a child would get a place. A dash means we do not have that figure.
Demand for places in DH3
Across the 11 schools here with figures, the middle one drew 1.00 first preferences for every place it offered. 6 of 11 were named first by more families than they had places.
Demand is not admission. A school can be named first by far more families than it has places and still admit every applicant living in its catchment. Nothing on this page says anything about property values, and no figure here should be read as evidence about them.
Published admission zones covering DH3
351 of 770 live postcodes in this district (46%) fall inside at least one published admission zone. Being inside a zone is not an offer: it is one criterion among several, applied in a year we may not hold.
| Zone | School | Phase | Postcodes here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy | Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy | secondary | 351 |
| Barley Mow Primary | Barley Mow Primary School | primary | 121 |
| Birtley East Community Primary | Birtley East Community Primary School | primary | 96 |
| Ravensworth Terrace Primary | Ravensworth Terrace Primary School | primary | 93 |
| Portobello Primary | Portobello Primary School | primary | 41 |
"Postcodes here" counts the postcodes in DH3 that fall inside the area. It does not count the whole area. A postcode can sit inside more than one area at a time. For example, a normal school area and a church school area can overlap.
Primary
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barley Mow Primary School
Chester le Street |
0.95 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Birtley East Community Primary School
Birtley |
1.00 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Cestria Primary School
Chester le Street |
0.92 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Lumley Infant and Nursery School
Chester le Street |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Portobello Primary School
Chester le Street |
0.95 | - | School remains Good Ofsted ungraded inspection |
| Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
Chester le Street |
0.98 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| Red Rose Primary School
Chester le Street |
1.13 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street
Chester le Street |
1.00 | - | Good Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
Chester le Street |
1.00 | - | Standards maintained Ofsted ungraded inspection |
Secondary
| School | 1st prefs per place | Demand since | Latest Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Chester le Street |
0.99 | - | Expected standard Ofsted report card (current framework) |
| Park View School
Chester le Street |
1.13 | - | Not judged Ofsted graded inspection (previous framework) |