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Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · County Durham

North Terrace, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6LG

Website 01325300227

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

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No graded inspection

Application demand

97%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.1%

14.2% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

179

Capacity used

Has space

79%

227 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

97%

1st preference success rate

28 of 29 families who put it first got an offer

29

Places offered

50

Total applications

1.7

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference2928● 97%
2nd preference151● 7%
3rd preference60● 0%
Total502958%

County Durham lets families list 3 preferences. 10 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Lyn Adamson
Address
North Terrace, Aycliffe Village, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6LG
Phone
01325300227
Local authority
County Durham
Ward / constituency
Aycliffe South · Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
151177

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals19%——
English as additional language———
SEN support———
54% boys (96)46% girls (83)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: EDEN LEARNING TRUST

179 pupils · 227 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 141 pupils

Attendance

95.1%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.9%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

14.2%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

5.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.4%

Absences the school didn't approve

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through County Durham council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.