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Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Humphrey Close, Newton Aycliffe DL5 4EX · woodhamburnprimary.durham.sch.uk · 01325 300230
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2021
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 58%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. County Durham 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 222
- 67% of 330 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.5%
- First language not English
- 4.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 21 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 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 26 | 1▲ | 96% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 38 | 20 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109302)
Ofsted
Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 8 December 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 8 Dec 2021
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109302)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Apr 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109302), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109302)
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109302)
Feb 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109302)