Schools in Crook
Crook's 12 schools are administered by County Durham, with 11 primaries and 1 secondary — The Fyndoune Community College — serving this former mining town in the Wear Valley west of Durham city. County Durham operates a straight-line distance criterion for oversubscription at community schools. Faith schools account for 12 of the town's schools, making non-faith community primaries limited; families should identify their nearest community school early.
Crook Primary School and Willington Primary School are among the main community primaries, while Stanley (Crook) Primary and Sunnybrow Primary serve the outlying settlements that fall within Crook's education catchment. Seven of the 12 schools are academies with independent admissions criteria, adding complexity to the application process.
The Fyndoune Community College serves the Crook secondary catchment, with some pupils also travelling to schools in Bishop Auckland and Spennymoor. County Durham publishes historic distance data and offer statistics annually; using postcode-level mapping is the most reliable way for families to assess their realistic chances of a place at their preferred Crook school.
School demand in Crook
Across the 11 schools in Crook with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 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.
3 schools in Crook have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
7 of the schools in Crook are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of County Durham, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
4 of the schools in Crook have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Crook: 2 oversubscribed (11)
Crook Primary School
Primary · Community school
Crook · DL15 8QG
Stanley (Crook) Primary School
Primary · Community school
Crook · DL15 9AN
Sunnybrow Primary School
Primary · Community school
Crook · DL15 0LT
Willington Primary School
Primary · Community school
Crook · DL15 0EQ
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Crook · DL15 0QH
Hartside Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Crook · DL15 9NN
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington
Primary · Academy converter
Crook, · DL15 0PB
Howden-le-Wear Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crook · DL15 8HJ
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook
Primary · Academy converter
Crook · DL15 9DN
Peases West Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Crook · DL15 9SZ
Hunwick Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Crook · DL15 0JX
Secondary Schools in Crook (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Crook are set by County Durham and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.