King Street Primary SchoolNorth Park Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

King Street Primary School and North Park Primary School are primary schools in Spennymoor.

  • King Street Primary School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and North Park Primary School scores 47 out of 100 (grade D, below average). King Street Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • King Street Primary School was judged Good and North Park Primary School 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 53.0% for King Street Primary School and 56.0% for North Park Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at King Street Primary School (60.0% in 2022-23, 53.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at North Park Primary School (23.0% in 2022-23, 56.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

King Street Primary School versus North Park Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SpennymoorKing Street Primary SchoolSpennymoorNorth Park Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100Stronger figureD47/100
Local ranking68th of 202 in County Durham Stronger figure129th of 202 in County Durham
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range2-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll228 254
Capacity240 266
LocationSpennymoor, DL16 6RA Spennymoor, DL16 6PP
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard53.0% 56.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Stronger figure3.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure103.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census228 254
Free school meals (ever 6)44.4% 69.1%
English as an additional language2.2% 3.9%
SEN support33.8% 26.0%
SEN with an EHC plan3.5% 3.9%
Attendance
Overall absence5.7% Stronger figure7.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence16.5% Stronger figure24.8% 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.

King Street Primary School

North Park Primary School

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