Sugar Hill Primary School
Sheraton Road, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5NU
448 pupils · 96% of 468 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Free school meals
- 31.8%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 4 February 2025, published 7 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 52% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 5% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.89 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 44 | 39 | 98 | 43 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 61 | 120 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 54 | 54 | 116 | 54 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 68 | 150 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 65 | 129 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 59 | 53 | 121 | 59 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 57 | 57 | 120 | 57 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 58 | 56 | 118 | 58 |
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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe 0.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery 0.8 km · Requires improvement (2021) · previous system
- Vane Road Primary School 0.9 km · No Ofsted rating
- Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School 1.7 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.