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15 open schools in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all County Durham schools · grammar schools in Newton Aycliffe

Newton Aycliffe has 15 state schools: 10 primary, 3 secondary, part of County Durham's wider catchment. 15 have a published Ofsted rating, and 11 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.

Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School Newton Aycliffe · Good Byerley Park Primary School Newton Aycliffe · Good Greenfield Academy Newton Aycliffe · Requires improvement Heighington Church of England Primary School Newton Aycliffe · Good St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School Newton Aycliffe · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Newton Aycliffe · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe Newton Aycliffe · Not judged Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School Newton Aycliffe · Good Sugar Hill Primary School Newton Aycliffe · Not judged Thornbeck College - North East Autism Society Newton Aycliffe · Good UTC South Durham Newton Aycliffe · Good Vane Road Primary School Newton Aycliffe · Good Walworth School Newton Aycliffe · Good Woodham Academy Newton Aycliffe · Good Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery Newton Aycliffe · Requires improvement

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Heighington Church of England Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Vane Road Primary School Good · ×0.93 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School Good · ×0.96 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in County Durham

Primary schools: Priority is by nearest-school distance (GIS-measured shortest walking route); one source notes 'no catchment areas for some places' — no county-wide catchment map mechanism found, unlike neighbouring LAs. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Newton Aycliffe straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is County Durham's, and Darlington also has schools here, applying under its own.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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