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Shotton Hall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Waveney Road, Peterlee, County Durham, Peterlee SR8 1NX · shottonhallprimary.durham.sch.uk · 0191 586 4515
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. County Durham 62%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.12 mi
- 1.81 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · County Durham Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 350
- At capacity · 350 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 26.6%
- First language not English
- 0.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.12 mi (1.81 km) from the school. Source: County Durham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 61 families put the school first and 50 places were offered; 82% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 50 | 61 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 58 | 1.2▲ | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 64 | 1.3▲ | 78% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 51 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.12 mi1.81 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 22% the higher standard. Across County Durham it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▲22% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Shotton Hall Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (47 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 47
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (26%) with SEND