St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Durham · DH1 3DQ
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 21 September 2022
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137 pupils · 98% of 140 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 20.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0.8% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.stoswaldsdurham.net
- URN
- 114228
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.35 first-choice applications per place20 places offered · 27 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
19 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 21 September 2022: School remains Good
- 19 September 2017: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
- Durham Sixth Form Centre
- Laurel Avenue Community Primary School
- Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery
- St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham
- Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate
- St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham