Acre Rigg Academy, Peterlee

From the headteacher's welcome: "or complete the contact form below with your query. At Acre Rigg Academy our vision is to create at school that encourages its pupils' to 'Imagine, Believe, Achieve'. To equip our children with the skills and mindset to thrive socially, emotionally, physically and academically and then take on the world."

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils at Acre Rigg Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 59% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in County Durham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 64% in reading and 65% in maths in 2024.

Across County Durham, 97% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in County Durham lodged 38 appeals against primary school offers; 25 reached a hearing and 5 succeeded (20% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Acre Rigg Academy are Acre Rigg Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Howletch Lane Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 58% reading, 56% maths); Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 84% reading, 91% maths); and Seascape Academy (0.9 miles).

Acre Rigg Academy's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Acre Rigg Academy is one of 7 schools run by Tudhoe Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

58.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 3.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 99 pupils (38.5%) received SEN support and 6 (2.3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Horden, about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Franklyn Road (w-bound), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 311 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in County Durham (84), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Acre Rigg Academy issued 3 suspensions, 1.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Acre Rigg Academy are St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College (0.7 miles), Easington Academy (1 mile), The Academy at Shotton Hall (1.2 miles) and Dene Academy (1.3 miles).