Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School

About Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School

Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School is clearly a popular choice among local families, with 54 applications for just 22 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.45. Every one of those 22 first-preference applicants was offered a place, which suggests that while the school is in demand, it is not impossible to get into if you live nearby. ParentView data is not available here, but the sheer volume of applications relative to capacity — the school has 204 pupils against a capacity of 230 — points to a strong local reputation. Headteacher Amy Goodwin leads a mixed, non-religious state primary for children aged 3 to 11 in County Durham, and the school also offers nursery provision. With 23.5 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, it serves a reasonably diverse catchment in terms of income.

Academically, Belmont Cheveley Park performs well above the local authority average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, 68 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the County Durham average of 62 per cent. The school’s average scores in reading (110) and maths (109) are both strong, and a notable 53 per cent of pupils achieved the higher standard in reading, with 35 per cent doing so in maths. In the local authority rankings, it sits 63rd out of 170 primary schools, placing it in the top 38 per cent nationally. Its most recent Ofsted inspection in April 2024 rated the school Good across all five categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — a consistent improvement from its previous Good rating in 2014, where early years had been Outstanding.

The school offers a solid range of facilities for a primary of its size, including a sports hall, library, sensory room, ICT suite, playing fields and a gymnasium. Sports on offer include athletics, swimming, cricket, football, dance, tennis and cross country, and there are clubs for gardening, art, coding and chess. For children with additional needs, the school provides support for moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication needs, physical disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder, and it has a resourced provision on site. The nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Framwellgate Moor Primary School, 4.5 km away, so for families in the immediate area, Belmont Cheveley Park is a strong, well-subscribed option that balances solid academic outcomes with a broad extracurricular offer and good SEND support.

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