Moorside Primary Academy, Consett

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils at Moorside Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 50% 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 60% in reading and 53% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 8 families put Moorside Primary Academy as their first choice and 16 named it as one of their preferences, for 8 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Moorside Primary Academy are Castleside Primary School (0.4 miles, 86% reading, 79% maths); St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett (0.8 miles, 60% reading, 67% maths); The Grove Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 57% reading, 62% maths); and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Blackhill (1.5 miles, 78% reading, 81% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Moorside Primary Academy.

Moorside Primary Academy is one of 23 schools run by Advance Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

17 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Moorside Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 94% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

48% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 19 pupils (15.4%) received SEN support and 10 (8.1%) 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.

Moorside Primary Academy had 8 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Moorside Primary Academy.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chester Road (ne-bound), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Moorside Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 26 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in County Durham (84).

In 2024/25, Moorside Primary Academy issued 16 suspensions, 11.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.