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Edmondsley Primary Academy

Primary · Durham · DH7 6DU

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 15 October 2019

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At a glance

163 pupils · 84% of 195 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://edmondsleyprimary.org.uk/
URN
151127

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 1.447 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 15 October 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 28 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.447 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
99
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
98
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 school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers53.5%
County Durham average62.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Padstow SchoolPadstow · 328 miles awayGood70%
St Margaret's Church of England Junior SchoolBideford · 283 miles awayNeeds attention46%
Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, LeicestershireLoughborough · 143 miles awayGood (2016)47%
Renishaw Primary SchoolSheffield · 107 miles awayNeeds attention52%
St James Church of England Primary AcademyRochester · 253 miles awayGood38%
Nursteed Community Primary SchoolDevizes · 241 miles awayNeeds attention43%
Kexborough Primary SchoolBarnsley · 87 miles awayNo current grade57%
Weobley Primary SchoolWeobley · 192 miles awayGood72%
Necton VA Primary SchoolSwaffham · 180 miles awayExpected standard58%
Lenham Primary SchoolMaidstone · 267 miles awayGood47%
Blackburn Primary SchoolRotherham · 98 miles awayGood57%
Jacksdale Primary and Nursery SchoolNottingham · 124 miles awayNeeds attention55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 95% (County Durham 90%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (County Durham 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (County Durham 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (County Durham 0%, England 2%) · 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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.09 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

Pupils per qualified teacher
26.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

74% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 26% left the state-funded sector

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)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 15.5 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 £42,644; 0% 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 (2024-25)

This school£7,372
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £204,000; in-year balance +£100,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health42.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier69.1%62.3%
Social housing19.4%17.1%
Privately rented11.4%20.5%
Detached houses28.2%22.9%
Flats2.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020604 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£92,50012 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£83,000–£174,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (8)£86,500

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
7a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
6a rural school averages 0.9

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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