Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

Newton Aycliffe and SpennymoorConstituency

DL5 4EXPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Durham, North East.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 222 pupils. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery is part of LINGFIELD EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 51%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 102

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

Black

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

222

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

51%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 222
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: LINGFIELD EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
30 Jan 2022	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	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.