Hamsterley Primary School

State-Funded School

hamsterley-primary-school-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Bishop AucklandConstituency

DL13 3QFPostcode

1.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

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

It currently serves 36 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 14%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 104
Maths score: 96

Ethnicity

White

100%

Pupils

Total Pupils

61%Boys

39%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

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: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 36
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
18 Sept 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
5 Mar 2019	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.