Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School, Newton Aycliffe

The school runs after-school care.

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils at Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School reached the expected standard in reading and 48% 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 43% in reading and 41% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School as their first choice and 51 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 Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School are St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 84% reading, 89% maths); Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery (0.2 miles, 61% reading, 70% maths); St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 42% reading, 33% maths); and Sugar Hill Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 72% reading, 80% maths).

Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School 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.

64.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 10.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 78 pupils (27.4%) received SEN support and 4 (1.4%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Newton Aycliffe Rail Station, about 750 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is County Primary School bus only (nw-bound), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School 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 303 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, Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School issued 52 suspensions, 16.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School are Greenfield Academy (0.7 miles), Woodham Academy (1 mile) and UTC South Durham (1.7 miles).