Schools in Chester le Street
Chester le Street is a market town in County Durham with 21 state schools co-ordinated by Durham County Council. The town sits on the main A167 corridor between Durham City and Gateshead, and several popular primaries in the town centre have seen steady demand. County Durham uses measured road distances for its community school allocations, and places at the most popular primaries have been offered within 0.7 miles in recent years.
At secondary level, Chester le Street's main comprehensive serves the town and a number of surrounding villages, with a specialist catchment boundary formally published by Durham County Council. The council's online admissions portal allows parents to check which school a specific postcode falls into before the application window opens in October.
School demand in Chester le Street
Across the 21 schools in Chester le Street with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 87%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Chester le Street have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
9 of the schools in Chester le Street are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Gateshead, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
10 of the schools in Chester le Street have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Chester le Street: 1 oversubscribed (18)
Ravensworth Terrace Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH3 1AY
Portobello Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH3 2LY
Barley Mow Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH3 2DJ
Lumley Junior School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH3 4JJ
Lumley Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH3 4JL
Nettlesworth Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH2 3PF
Red Rose Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH3 3NA
Cestria Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH3 3PZ
Roseberry Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH2 1NP
Bullion Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH2 2DP
Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Chester le Street · DH2 2JT
Newker Primary School
Primary · Community school
Chester le Street · DH2 3AA
Ouston Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH2 1RQ
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston
Primary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH2 1QX
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street
Primary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH3 3PH
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
Primary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH3 1LU
St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley
Primary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH3 2PN
Pelton Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH2 1EZ
Secondary Schools in Chester le Street (3)
Park View School
Secondary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH3 3QA
Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH3 2LP
Hermitage Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Chester le Street · DH2 3AD
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Chester le Street are set by Gateshead and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.