Howden-le-Wear Primary SchoolSt Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Crook.

Summary of the comparison

Howden-le-Wear Primary School and St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook are primary schools in Crook.

  • Howden-le-Wear Primary School scores 57 out of 100 (grade C, average) and St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Howden-le-Wear Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Howden-le-Wear Primary School was judged the expected standard and St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 41.0% for Howden-le-Wear Primary School and 69.0% for St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Howden-le-Wear Primary School (70.0% in 2022-23, 41.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook (48.0% in 2022-23, 69.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Howden-le-Wear Primary School versus St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure CrookHowden-le-Wear Primary SchoolCrookSt Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, CrookEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC57/100Stronger figureD54/100
Local ranking82nd of 202 in County Durham Stronger figure98th of 202 in County Durham
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll187 134
Capacity175 210
LocationCrook, DL15 8HJ Crook, DL15 9DN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard41.0% 69.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard4.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census187 134
Free school meals (ever 6)24.6% 39.7%
English as an additional language1.6% 3.0%
SEN support28.3% 10.4%
SEN with an EHC plan2.1% 1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence5.4% Stronger figure6.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence12.9% Stronger figure16.8% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Howden-le-Wear Primary School

St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook

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