Finchale Primary School

State-Funded School

finchale-primary-school-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

City of DurhamConstituency

DH1 5XTPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Finchale Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 209 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

89%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

209

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 209
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 8 May 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
3 Feb 2015	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.