St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Bishop AucklandConstituency

DL14 8NNPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 100 pupils. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Coundon is part of BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

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: 60%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

97%

Mixed

Any other group

Pupils

100

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

46%

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: Most deprived
Total pupils: 100
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: BISHOP HOGARTH CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
9 Jun 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
16 Oct 2018	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.