Schools in Stanley
Stanley is a former pit town in northwest County Durham with 21 state schools administered by Durham County Council. The town and its surrounding former colliery villages - including Annfield Plain, Tanfield, and South Moor - have a patchwork of small community primaries, most of which are only mildly oversubscribed. Durham County Council uses measured road distance as the tiebreaker for community school admissions.
At secondary level, Stanley is served by a main comprehensive. Durham County Council's annual admissions guide covers the catchment boundaries and last-year offer distances for all schools in the authority, helping families in the Stanley area understand where they stand before the October application deadline.
School demand in Stanley
Across the 20 schools in Stanley with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 78%. 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 Stanley have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
16 of the schools in Stanley 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.
7 of the schools in Stanley have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary Schools in Stanley (17)
West Pelton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Stanley · DH9 6SQ
Stanley Burnside Primary School
Primary · Community school
Stanley · DH9 6QP
Tanfield Lea Community Primary School
Primary · Community school
Stanley · DH9 9LU
Shield Row Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Stanley · DH9 0HQ
South Stanley Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 6PZ
Greenland Community Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 7EZ
South Stanley Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 6PZ
Bloemfontein Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 6AG
St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 0NP
Annfield Plain Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 7ST
Annfield Plain Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 7UY
East Stanley School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 0TN
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 9BB
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 6PH
Collierley Nursery and Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 9DJ
Beamish Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 0QN
Catchgate Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Stanley · DH9 8LX
Secondary Schools in Stanley (2)
Other Schools in Stanley (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Stanley 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.