Butterknowle Primary School

State-Funded School

butterknowle-primary-school-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Bishop AucklandConstituency

DL13 5PBPostcode

0.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Butterknowle Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Durham, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 54 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Feb 2026 · published 26 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 22%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 99
Maths score: 97

Ethnicity

White

98%

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

41%Boys

59%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 54
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
16 Nov 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
4 Oct 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.