Moorside Primary Academy

State-Funded School

moorside-primary-academy-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Blaydon and ConsettConstituency

DH8 8EQPostcode

1.2

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Moorside Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 123 pupils. Moorside Primary Academy is part of Advance Learning Partnership.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 47%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

123

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 123
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Advance Learning Partnership

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 18 February 2025. 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
18 Apr 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.