All-through
Croft Community School
Greencroft Road End, Annfield Plain, Stanley, DH9 8PR
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 316 of 281 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.2
- Local authority
- County Durham
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 76.2
- Pupils per adult
- 3.3
- Pupils
- 253
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
October 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
December 2017
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
GCSE results
0%
2.1
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 96 |
| Average reading score | 101 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
| Attainment 8 | 2.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 0.09 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0% |
| 22/23 | 7% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -2.07 |
| 22/23 | -1.87 |
| 23/24 | -2.05 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 4.3 |
| 22/23 | 7.5 |
| 23/24 | 5.1 |
| 24/25 | 2.1 |
Greencroft Road End, Annfield Plain, Stanley, DH9 8PR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
County Durham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Lee Davis
- Address
- Greencroft Road End, Annfield Plain, Stanley, DH9 8PR
- Telephone
- 01207234547