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Hamsterley Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Hamsterley, Bishop Auckland DL13 3QF · hamsterley.durham.sch.uk · 01388 488279
On the mapSearch near DL13 3QF
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 14%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. County Durham 60%, England 61%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 36
- 73% of 49 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 1 families put the school first and 1 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2023/24, 14% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across County Durham it was 60%, and across England 61%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | hidden | 105 | |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Hamsterley Primary School on 8 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 13
- 42% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied