Finchale Primary School
Community primary school in Durham (County Durham).
Map of nearby schools
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first20 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School, 0.4 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior SchoolVoluntary aided | 0.4 mi | Primary | 214 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2023Last graded Good (Nov 2012) |
| Durham Newton Hall Infants' SchoolCommunity | 0.4 mi | Primary | 110 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| St Godric's Catholic Primary School, DurhamAcademy converter | 0.6 mi | Primary | 212 | Good, 2021 |
| Framwellgate School DurhamAcademy converter | 0.8 mi | Secondary | 1,204 | No overall grade, 2024Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; sixth form provision Good |
| Framwellgate Moor Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.8 mi | Primary | 375 | Outstanding, 2024 |
| Durham Trinity School & Sports CollegeCommunity special | 1.0 mi | Special | 254 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2025Last graded Good (Mar 2016) |
| New College DurhamFurther education | 1.1 mi | 16 plus | - | - |
| Durham Gilesgate Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.2 mi | Primary | 164 | Good, 2023 |
| Durham Sixth Form CentreAcademy 16-19 converter | 1.2 mi | 16 plus | 1,747 | - |
| St Leonard's Catholic School, DurhamAcademy converter | 1.2 mi | Secondary | 1,293 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in all four key judgements; sixth form provision Outstanding |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, GilesgateAcademy converter | 1.5 mi | Primary | 86 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2025Last graded Good (Sep 2013, previous school) |
| St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, DurhamAcademy converter | 1.5 mi | Primary | 167 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2024Last graded Good (Apr 2019, previous school). This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Laurel Avenue Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.6 mi | Primary | 114 | Good, 2024 |
| Durham Johnston Comprehensive SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Secondary | 1,667 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; sixth form provision Outstanding |
| St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery SchoolVoluntary aided | 1.8 mi | Primary | 137 | Ungraded inspection, Sep 2022Last graded Good (Sep 2017) |
| Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.9 mi | Primary | 261 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 6 |
| Belmont Community SchoolCommunity | 1.9 mi | Secondary | 887 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2024Last graded Good (Feb 2019) |
| Durham Cathedral Schools FoundationOther independent | 1.9 mi | Independent | 661 | - |
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.9 mi | Primary | 397 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 5 |
| St Thomas More Primary School, BelmontAcademy converter | 2.0 mi | Primary | 107 | Good, 2023 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 10% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 10 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 15
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