Tanfield Lea Community Primary School

State-Funded School

tanfield-lea-community-primary-school-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

North DurhamConstituency

DH9 9LUPostcode

5.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Tanfield Lea Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Durham, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 325 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 May 2026 · published 18 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 63%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

98%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

325

Total Pupils

57%Boys

43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 325
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 11 May 2022. 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
17 May 2012	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.