Primary
Tanfield Lea Community Primary School
Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9LU
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 325 of 400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 29.5
- Pupils per adult
- 10.9
- Pupils
- 322
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 May 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsStrong standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
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SATs results
64%
5 points above the Stanley average (59% across 15 schools)
105.0
1.0 above the Stanley average (104.0 across 15 schools)
12th of 15 by our score, among the primary schools in Stanley we can score - 17 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 64% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 63% |
| 24/25 | 64% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9LU
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
- Mark Temple
- Address
- Tanfield Lea, Stanley, DH9 9LU
- Telephone
- 01207234500