Howden-le-Wear Primary School

State-Funded School

howden-le-wear-primary-school-durham-north-east-148852

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Bishop AucklandConstituency

DL15 8HJPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Howden-le-Wear Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Durham, North East.

It currently serves 179 pupils. Howden-le-Wear Primary School is part of Advance Learning Partnership.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 74%
Higher standard: 13%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

96%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

179

Total Pupils

59%Boys

41%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

18%

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: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 179
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Advance Learning Partnership

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
16 Jul 2025	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Not judged
5 Feb 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.