Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy, Ferryhill

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in County Durham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 83% in reading and 86% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy as their first choice and 47 named it as one of their preferences, for 27 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy are Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery School (0.4 miles, Good, 56% reading, 41% maths); Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School (0.8 miles, Requires improvement, 60% reading, 56% maths); Ferryhill Station Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 70% reading, 50% maths); and West Cornforth Primary School (1.2 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 88% maths).

Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy is one of 13 schools run by Melrose Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

41 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy (as of September 2025): 81% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 38% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (38%).

0% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 53 pupils (21.4%) received SEN support and 7 (2.8%) 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.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Cleves Cross School (n-bound), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 137 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting 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, Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy issued 3 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy are Ferryhill School (1.5 miles) and Aycliffe Secure Centre (1.8 miles).