REVEALED: County Durham’s top 25 primary schools, according to Ofsted – The Northern Echo

Looking at the percentage of pupils meeting the ‘extended standard’, Ofsted has ranked schools using data from the 2023 school year.

Although Ofsted has changed the way it does inspections, this data takes academic data from the Ofsted website provided by the Department for Education.

The Government has announced that headline one-phrase inspection ratings for schools in England are being scrapped, and Ofsted has set out a series of reforms following a major public consultation.

Schools in England will no longer receive one of four overall performance ratings – outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate – in an inspection.

The change, which was announced by the Department for Education (DfE), was withdrawn with immediate effect following criticism of the inspection system following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry.

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Mrs Perry took her own life after an Ofsted report downgraded her Caversham Primary School in Reading from its highest rating of ‘outstanding’ to its lowest rating of ‘inadequate’ due to safeguarding concerns.

The coroner concluded that the Ofsted inspection in November 2022 “contributed” to Ms Perry’s death.

But this school year, parents will still be able to see the four ratings in the existing subcategories: Quality of Education, Behavior and Attitudes, Personal Development and Leadership and Management.

1. Stanley (Crook) Primary School.
   Address: Wooley Terrace, Crook, DL15 9AN
   % of students meeting expected standard: 90%
2. Cestria Primary School
   Address: Church Chare, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3PZ
   % of students meeting expected standard: 88%
3. St. Michael’s Church of England Primary School.
   Address: Front Street, Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill, DL17 9AL
   % of students meeting expected standard: 87%
4. Bernard Gilpin Primary School
   Address: Hall Lane Estate, Houghton-le-Spring, DH5 8DA
   % of students meeting expected standard: 86%
5. Bullion Lane Primary School
   Address: Bullion Lane, Chester-le-Street, DH2 2DP
   % of students meeting expected standard: 86%
6. St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley
   Address: Thornley Road, Wheatley Hill, DH6 3NR
   % of students meeting expected standard: 86%
7. St Oswald’s Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School.
   Address: Church Street, Durham, DH1 3DQ
   % of students meeting expected standard: 86%
8. Ferryhill Station Primary School
   Address: Chilton Lane, Ferryhill, DL17 0DB
   % of students meeting expected standard: 83%
9. Framwellgate Moor Primary School
   Address: Newton Drive, Durham, DH1 5BG
   % of students meeting expected standard: 83%
10. Kirk Merrington Primary School
    Address: South View, Spennymoor, DL16 7JB
    % of students meeting expected standard: 83%
11. Langley Moor Primary School
    Address: Brandon Lane, Durham, DH7 8LL
    % of students meeting expected standard: 72%
12. Woodlea Primary School
    Address: Fence Houses, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 6AR
    % of students meeting expected standard: 83%
13. Neville’s Cross Primary School and Nursery
    Address: Relly Path, Neville’s Cross, Durham, DH1 4JG
    % of students meeting expected standard: 82%
14. Finchale Primary School
    Address: Canterbury Road, Framwellgate Moor, Durham, DH1 5XT
    % of students meeting expected standard: 81%
15. St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School
    Address: Crossgate Peth, Durham, DH1 4QB
    % of students meeting expected standard: 81%
16. Greenland Community Primary School
    Address: South Moor Road, South Moor, Stanley, DH9 7EZ
    % of students meeting expected standard: 80%
17. Coxhoe Primary School
    Address: Cornforth Lane, Coxhoe, Durham, DH6 4EJ
    % of students meeting expected standard: 78%
18. Barnwell Academy
    Address: Whitefield Estate, Penshaw, Houghton-le-Spring, DH4 7RT
    % of students meeting expected standard: 76%
19. Kasop Primary School
    Address: Cassop, Durham, DH6 4RA
    % of students meeting expected standard: 76%
20. Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School
    Address: Dean Bank, Ferryhill, DL17 8PP
    % of students meeting expected standard: 76%
21. Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School
    Address: Front Street, Lanchester, Durham, DH7 0HU
    % of students meeting expected standard: 76%
22. Red Rose Primary School
    Address: York Terrace, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3NA
    % of students meeting expected standard: 76%
23. Pittington Primary School
    Address: Hallgarth Lane, Pittington, Durham, DH6 1AF
    % of students meeting expected standard: 74%
24. Easington CofE Primary School
    Address: Hall Walks, Easington Village, Peterlee, DH5 0BH
    % of students meeting expected standard: 75%
25. Shotton Primary School
    Address: Grange Terrace, Shotton Colliery, DH6 2JP
    % of students meeting expected standard: 71%

*This list is not based on Ofsted inspections and is from academic data on the Ofsted website. This is as of this writing October 25th.

*The data comes from the Department for Education and only includes the percentage of pupils meeting the ‘extended standard’ and it should be noted that Ofsted carries out inspections and uses other categories to rank schools.