St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

City of DurhamConstituency

DH1 4QBPostcode

8.8

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Durham, North East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 397 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 17 Feb 2026 · published 26 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 80%
Higher standard: 20%
Reading score: 111
Maths score: 109

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

Black

Mixed

10%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

397

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

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: Least deprived
Total pupils: 397
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
3 Apr 2022	Good	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good
28 Jan 2009	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.