Greenland Community Primary School, Stanley

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The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils at Greenland Community Primary School 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 fell from 90% in reading and 92% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 35 families put Greenland Community Primary School as their first choice and 68 named it as one of their preferences, for 36 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 Greenland Community Primary School are St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor (0.4 miles, Good, 50% reading, 22% maths); South Stanley Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 85% reading, 81% maths); South Stanley Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles, Good); and Bloemfontein Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 86% reading, 86% maths).

Greenland Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Greenland Community Primary School is one of 11 schools run by Stanley Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

46 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Greenland Community Primary School (as of September 2025): 87% would recommend the school, 89% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (75%).

48.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 66 pupils (20.8%) received SEN support and 28 (8.8%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

Greenland Community Primary School has a SEN unit for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, visual impairment, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, multi-sensory impairment, moderate learning difficulties and severe learning difficulties: 24 places, 25 pupils on roll.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Greenland Community Primary School.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wardle Street (n-bound), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Greenland Community Primary School 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 220 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in County Durham (84), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Greenland Community Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Greenland Community Primary School are North Durham Academy (1.2 miles) and Tanfield School (1.5 miles).