# Moorside Primary Academy

Moorside Primary Academy is a primary school in County Durham, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 123 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148969. [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 123
- Council: County Durham
- URN: 148969

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards maintained, February 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection: Standards maintained, 18 February 2025
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 43% of pupils at Moorside Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in County Durham and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 43% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99 | 104 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Castleside Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/castleside-primary-school-e150341): 650 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2022, before the school changed. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-pius-xth-catholic-primary-school-consett-e148819): 1.2 km. Primary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-grove-primary-school-e114046): 1.4 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/148969)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148969)

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