Upgrade Plan
This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.
Running costs
Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2025, states £873 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £430,942 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
Merlin Drive: 78 sales since 1995 · £336,349 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Lane Church of England Primary School | Primary | 0.4 mi | — |
| Montalbo Nursery & Primary School | Primary | 0.8 mi | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle | Primary | 0.9 mi | — |
| Teesdale School and Sixth Form | Secondary | 0.4 mi | Progress 8 +0.27 · above average (2023/24) |
| Staindrop Academy | Secondary | 4.1 mi | Progress 8 -0.16 · average (2023/24) |
Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.
Area context
Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01020853, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
Merlin Drive
How this home sits against its street.