Beechdale Nursery School

State-Funded School

beechdale-nursery-school-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Blaydon and ConsettConstituency

DH8 6AYPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Beechdale Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 3–5, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 61 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

92%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

56%Boys

44%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 3 – 5
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 61
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 25 May 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
4 Mar 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.