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Annfield Plain Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Northgate, Annfield Plain, Stanley DH9 7UY · annfieldplaininfants.co.uk · 01207 234691
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 106
- 88% of 120 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 38%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 33 | 33 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Annfield Plain Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114025), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114025)
Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114025)
Nov 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114025)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 19
- 20% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 47% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied