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Lumley Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Community school
Great Lumley, Chester le Street DH3 4JL · lumley.durham.sch.uk · 0191 388 5292
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 139
- 77% of 180 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
- First language not English
- 7.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 32 families put the school first and 32 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Lumley Infant and Nursery School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2013
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
Jun 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding May 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 56
- 33% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 18% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (20%) with SEND