Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

About Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery received a Requires Improvement rating in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2021, a grade it has held across both its previous and current inspections. The school’s leadership and management, however, were rated Good, which is a positive sign for parents looking for direction and accountability. On the academic front, the most telling metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2: just 51% did so in the 2023/24 academic year. That is well below the County Durham local authority average of 62%, and it places the school 128th out of 170 primary schools in the area. Nationally, Woodham Burn sits in the bottom half of all primary schools for this measure. The picture is mixed when you look at individual subjects: 70% of pupils met expectations in both reading and writing, and 65% in maths, but only 5% reached the higher standard across all three.

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