Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Barnard Castle · DL12 0TG · County Durham
Ages 3–11
- Absence6.7%
- FSM20.3%
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 114109
Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School
Community school · Barnard Castle · DL12 0TG
Ages 3–11 · 87 pupils · County Durham
KS2 expected (RWM)
57%
Overall absence
3.7%
Admissions demand
0.90 · Balanced demand
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)57%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 102.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.8%
Unauthorised1.2%
- Authorised absence
- 2.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 74
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.90 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
9
Places offered
10
1st-preference offers
9
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 15
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 10
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill50%
87 pupils · 175 places
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- Boys / girls
- 45 / 42
- School capacity
- 175
- Capacity fill
- 87 / 175 (50%)
- Free school meals
- 19.8%
- FSM pupils
- 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Harris
Location
- Address
- Town End, Middleton-in-Teesdale
- Postcode
- DL12 0TG
- Town
- Barnard Castle
- County
- County Durham
- Local authority
- County Durham
- District
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Rural village in a sparse setting
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Barnard Castle, County Durham, 87 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 19.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Harris