St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceNo overall grade
About the School
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Durham, North East.
It currently serves 217 pupils. St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston is part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Quality ofeducation
Good
Personaldevelopment
Outstanding
Behaviour &attitudes
Outstanding
Early yearsprovision
Good
Academic Performance
Below average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 48%
- Higher standard
- 10%
- Reading score
- 106
- Maths score
- 100
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
50%Boys
50%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Average
- Total pupils
- 217
- IDACI quintile
- 3 (Average)
- MAT name
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Feb 2025 | Good | Good | Outstanding | Outstanding | Not judged |
| 10 Jan 2012 | Good | 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.
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St Joseph's Catholic Infant School, Birtley
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