Lumley Infant and Nursery School
Great Lumley, Chester le Street, DH3 4JL
139 pupils · 77% of 180 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 May 2024, published 10 September 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 32 | 32 | 46 | 32 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 29 | 29 | 50 | 29 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 45 | 44 | 70 | 45 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 32 | 32 | 50 | 32 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 47 | 46 | 63 | 47 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 50 | 50 | 74 | 50 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 46 | 45 | 66 | 46 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 40 | 39 | 64 | 40 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Lumley Junior School 0.3 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Red Rose Primary School 2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Woodlea Primary School 2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street 2.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Cestria Primary School 2.5 km · Good (2019) · previous system
- Bournmoor Primary School 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.