Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool

About Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool

Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool is a small village primary in County Durham that, on the surface, looks very different from the local authority average. The most recent data shows the LA average for Key Stage 2 attainment sits at 62, but Gainford’s own KS2 results are not provided in the available data, making a direct head-to-head comparison impossible. What we do know is that the school is significantly smaller than most in the area, with just 50 pupils against a capacity of 100, and it was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 7 applications for 4 places. That 1.75 oversubscription ratio suggests strong local demand, even without published SATs scores. The school’s Ofsted rating of Good, held since at least 2015 and confirmed as remaining Good in its 2019 ungraded inspection, places it in the majority of County Durham primaries — only 8 out of 208 schools in the LA are rated Outstanding. So while the headline academic metric is missing, the combination of small size, Church of England character, and consistent Good rating clearly appeals to local families.

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