St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham
Primary · Durham · DH1 2HZ
Data updated
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 4 July 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
167 pupils · 67% of 248 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 53.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 8% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 21.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150390
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 24 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2022 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 4 July 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place24 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Durham school admissions · County Durham school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 81% (County Durham 90%, England 60%) · Not recorded 10% (County Durham 0%, England 1%) · Black African 5% (County Durham 2%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (County Durham 1%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (County Durham 1%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (County Durham 0%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (County Durham 0%, England 1%) · Any other White background 1% (County Durham 2%, England 7%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.62 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · County Durham: 3.75 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 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 £55,102; 37.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 3/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 38.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 21.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 25.3% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 20% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.2% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 50.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 23.8% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 25.8% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 6.2% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 20.9% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 13% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 37.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020693 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £196,000256 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £157,000–£280,500the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 3an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 23an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 8an 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