Schools and Education in Fir Tree

There are 27 schools within 5 miles of Fir Tree town centre, including 21 primary and 2 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 94% are rated Good or Outstanding. The Grange Learning Centre holds an Outstanding rating. There is 1 school rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
27
Primary
21
Secondary
2
Good / Outstanding
94%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

14
Outstanding (1) Good (14) Requires Improvement (1) Not yet inspected (11)
The Grange Learning Centre 4.5 miles A690, Low Willington, DL15 0TY Inspected: 18 September 2023
Crook Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Croft Avenue, Crook, DL15 8QG Inspected: 19 June 2023 Stanley (Crook) Primary School Primary 2.6 miles Stanley Crook, Crook, DL15 9AN Inspected: 21 May 2024 Tow Law Millennium Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Wear Street, Attlee Estate, Bishop Auckland, DL13 4LF Inspected: 31 March 2023 Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington Primary 3.2 miles Cumberland Terrace, Willington,, Crook,, DL15 0PB Inspected: 13 December 2023 Willington Children's Centre 3.3 miles Chapel Street, Chapel Street, Willington, DL15 0EQ Inspected: 25 June 2012 Willington Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Chapel Street, Willington, Crook, DL15 0EQ Inspected: 22 November 2023 Parkside Academy Secondary 3.4 miles Willington, Crook, DL15 0QF Inspected: 20 October 2023 St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park Primary 3.4 miles Witton Park, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0EP Inspected: 13 November 2023 St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Primary 3.5 miles Commercial Street, Willington, Crook, DL15 0QH Inspected: 13 March 2024 Wolsingham Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3ET Inspected: 17 January 2022 Etherley Lane Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Clarence Gardens, Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7RB Inspected: 08 April 2025 Etherley Lane Nursery School Nursery 4.9 miles Lindsay Street, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7RF Inspected: 16 November 2023 St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College Secondary 5 miles Barrington Meadows, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JT Inspected: 10 June 2024 Bishop Auckland College 16 plus 5 miles Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6JZ Inspected: 29 January 2025
Escomb Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Three Lane Ends, Escomb, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7SR Inspected: 22 January 2024
Howden-le-Wear Primary School Primary 1.2 miles School Street, Howden-le-Wear, Crook, DL15 8HJ Hartside Primary Academy Primary 1.3 miles Hartside, Crook, DL15 9NN St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook Primary 1.6 miles Church Hill, Crook, DL15 9DN Witton-le-Wear Primary School Primary 1.9 miles St James Gardens, 31 St James Gardens, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0BG Peases West Academy Primary 1.9 miles Stanley Way, Crook, DL15 9SZ Sunnybrow Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Hunwick Lane, Crook, DL15 0LT Hamsterley Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Saunders Avenue, Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland, DL13 3QF Hunwick Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Church Lane, Hunwick, Crook, DL15 0JX Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law Primary 3.4 miles Smith Street, Tow Law, Bishop Auckland, DL13 4AU Toft Hill Primary School Primary 4.1 miles Southfield Drive, Bishop Auckland, DL14 0JA Byers Green Primary School Primary 4.7 miles High Street, Byers Green, Spennymoor, DL16 7PN