Schools in DH2
Primary and secondary schools serving DH2, with inspection ratings, pupil numbers and distances.
- Council
- County Durham
- Region
- North East
- Population
- 41,491 (2024)
DH2Postcode district · Chester le Street
Schools in DH2
14 schools in DH2: 12 primary and 2 secondary. 100% of those with an Ofsted grade are rated good or better. They’re 83% full overall, and one has more pupils than places.
Inspection ratings
- Good78.6%
- Not rated21.4%
The largest schools here
- Lord Lawson of Beamish AcademySecondary · ages 11–18 · 1,334 pupils · 89% fullGood2.6 miles · December 2025
- Hermitage AcademySecondary · ages 11–18 · 881 pupils · 84% fullGood0.7 miles · March 2024
- Newker Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 340 pupils · 81% fullGood0.9 miles · February 2020
- Bullion Lane Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 292 pupils · 93% fullGood0.8 miles · March 2024
- Pelton Community Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 290 pupils · 76% fullNot rated1 mile
- Roseberry Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 266 pupils · 78% fullGood1.1 miles · February 2024
- Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 0–11 · Faith school · 260 pupils · 62% fullGood0.6 miles · December 2025
- Ouston Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 3–11 · 259 pupils · 92% fullGood1.7 miles · June 2026
- St Benet's Catholic Primary School, OustonPrimary · ages 3–11 · Faith school · 217 pupils · 103% fullNot rated1.5 miles
- Edmondsley Primary AcademyPrimary · ages 2–11 · 163 pupils · 84% fullGood2.0 miles · October 2019
- Kibblesworth AcademyPrimary · ages 3–11 · 126 pupils · 74% fullGood3.2 miles · December 2022
- Nettlesworth Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 4–11 · 105 pupils · 90% fullGood2.5 miles · July 2023
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, BirtleyPrimary · ages 5–7 · Faith school · 68 pupils · 76% fullNot rated2.8 miles
- West Pelton Primary SchoolPrimary · ages 2–11 · 55 pupils · 52% fullGood1.9 miles · November 2019
Ofsted replaced single overall grades with report cards in November 2025. The rating shown here reflects each school’s latest inspection: its new report card where it has one, or its most recent graded inspection otherwise. Check the inspection date beside each school.
Occupancy compares pupils on roll with published school capacity. Sources: Department for Education (Get Information About Schools), Ofsted, and the Welsh and Scottish school registers. Open Government Licence v3.0.