A former colliery town shaped by the Durham coalfield, Spennymoor holds around 22,000 residents across a civil parish that reaches south of the River Wear in County Durham, seven miles from the city of Durham itself. Tudhoe Colliery and Tudhoe extend the spread southward.
Kirk Merrington, the elevated village on the western fringe of the parish, has long drawn families competing for primary places within County Durham's allocation system. Whitworth, positioned to the east, is a further school-competitive corner of the parish. Rail connections from Durham reach Newcastle in around fifteen minutes on the East Coast Main Line.
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Area Performance
Across 8 primary schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.54/10, +0.19 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Spennymoor schools
Spennymoor vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Spennymoor schools
top 51% of 14,978
top 51% of 14,978
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Spennymoor
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Spennymoor
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