Open Air Education
Open Air Education is an independent school in for boys and girls aged 4 to 14. It has 21 pupils and room for 70.
Oakerside Lodge, Castle Eden Dene Nnr, Stanhope Chase, SR8 1NJ0754 518 1069openair.educationMrs Hannah Atkinson headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to County Durham council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 21 | 14 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotton Hall Primary School | Council | 940 m | 350 | Not inspected | 68 | Compare |
| The Academy at Shotton Hall | Academy | 0.6 miles | 1,202 | Outstanding 2024 | 88 | Compare |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 191 | Good 2023 | 77 | Compare |
| St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College | Academy | 0.8 miles | 891 | Good 2023 | 28 | Compare |
| Dene House Primary School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 303 | Good 2022 | 23 | Compare |
| Howletch Lane Primary School | Council | 1.0 miles | 382 | No overall grade 2024 | 5 | Compare |
| Endeavour Academy Durham | Free schools alternative provision | 1.1 miles | 50 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| East Durham College | Further education | 1.1 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Open Air Education a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Open Air Education yet.
How many pupils does Open Air Education have?
21 pupils aged 4 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 70 places, so it is 30% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Oakerside Lodge, Castle Eden Dene Nnr, Stanhope Chase, SR8 1NJ
- Telephone
- 0754 518 1069
- Website
- www.openair.education
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Atkinson
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 4-14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Ward
- Castle Eden & Passfield
- Constituency
- Easington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 8 August 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150768 · LAESTAB 8406022
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.