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Crookhill Community Primary School

Primary · Ryton · NE40 3ES

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 19 October 2022

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At a glance

186 pupils · 89% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
27.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.crookhillprimary.org
URN
108366

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 895.57 m (≈0.56 mi), the only Reception round we hold for it. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 19 October 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 33 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 895.57 m (≈0.56 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 895.57 m (≈0.56 mi)

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
Gateshead average66.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Belton All Saints CofE Primary SchoolDoncaster · 105 miles awayGood65%
Wallisdean Junior SchoolFareham · 286 miles awayExpected standard61%
Brookfield Junior SchoolAylesford · 269 miles awayGood63%
St James' Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale · 93 miles awayExpected standard57%
Highley Community Primary SchoolBridgnorth · 176 miles awayGood55%
Witton Gilbert Primary SchoolDurham · 12 miles awayGood53%
Borden Church of England Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 271 miles awayGood94%
Pegswood Primary SchoolMorpeth · 15 miles awayNeeds attention58%
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBath · 253 miles awayOutstanding80%
Byerley Park Primary SchoolNewton Aycliffe · 25 miles awayExpected standard73%
Layfield Primary SchoolYarm · 36 miles awayGood69%
Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary SchoolRadstock · 259 miles awayNeeds attention75%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (Gateshead 78%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Gateshead 1%, England 5%) · Any other White background 1% (Gateshead 4%, England 7%) · other groups together 2%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.04 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Gateshead: 1.27 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

63.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,192; 30% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,002
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£69,704; in-year balance +£14,723

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways15.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health38.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.7%62.3%
Social housing7.6%17.1%
Privately rented9.8%20.5%
Detached houses26.2%22.9%
Flats6.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01008249 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£204,000221 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£150,500–£252,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (61)£308,500
Semi-detached (93)£194,500
Terraced (63)£170,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.90 km, 2026 entry): 186 sales, median £205,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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