Cotherstone Primary School

About Cotherstone Primary School

Cotherstone Primary School is a small state primary in County Durham, serving just 60 pupils aged 3 to 11. It sits within a local authority that includes 208 primary schools, eight of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The nearest of those is Montalbo Nursery & Primary School, 4.6 km away, which also tops the LA’s ranking table alongside Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary and Cestria Primary School. Cotherstone itself ranks 168th out of 208 primaries in County Durham, placing it in the bottom half of schools locally. The school is led by headteacher Julie Gibson and has no religious character. It offers nursery provision and is co-educational. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, in February 2024, rated the school Good overall, a change from its previous Outstanding rating in 2013. All five graded categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — were judged Good.

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