Living in Chester le Street with children
Chester le Street, County Durham and Gateshead. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
21 schools: 18 state primary, 3 state secondaryChester le Street on the schools map →Every school in Chester le Street, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (18)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullion Lane Primary School | Good | Top 2% (3/193) in County Durham | — |
| Red Rose Primary School | Good | Top 12% (23/193) in County Durham | 1.42 miles (2026) |
| Nettlesworth Primary School | School remains Good | Top 13% (25/193) in County Durham | — |
| Lumley Junior School | School remains Good | Top 17% (31/193) in County Durham | — |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-Street | Good | Top 17% (32/193) in County Durham | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, Birtley | Outstanding | Top 27% (17/63) in Gateshead | — |
| Cestria Primary School | Good | Top 21% (40/193) in County Durham | — |
| Portobello Primary School | School remains Good | Top 39% (24/63) in Gateshead | — |
| Newker Primary School | Good | Top 37% (70/193) in County Durham | — |
| Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 46% (87/193) in County Durham | — |
| Roseberry Primary and Nursery School | Good | (98/193) in County Durham | — |
| Ravensworth Terrace Primary School | Good | (41/63) in Gateshead | — |
| St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston | Good | (117/193) in County Durham | — |
| Barley Mow Primary School | School remains Good | (45/63) in Gateshead | — |
| Ouston Primary School | Ofsted report card | (136/193) in County Durham | — |
| Lumley Infant and Nursery School | Good | — | — |
| Pelton Community Primary School | — | — | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley | Standards maintained | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermitage Academy | Good | Top 37% (11/30) in County Durham | — |
| Park View School | Good | (18/30) in County Durham | 3.316 miles (2026) |
| Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy | Ofsted report card | (6/9) in Gateshead | 3.213 miles (2024) |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Chester le Street yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Chester le Street →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 89% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 96%, on average across the 1,316 postcodes in DH3, DH2. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 5 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 5 in Gateshead.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 12 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, County Durham
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: County Durham · Gateshead.
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