St Godrics Catholic Primary School, ThornleyOur Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton

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

Summary of the comparison

St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton are primary schools in Durham.

  • St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley scores 74 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley was judged Good and Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton 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 43.0% for St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley and 71.0% for Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley (86.0% in 2022-23, 43.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton (64.0% in 2022-23, 71.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley versus Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure DurhamSt Godrics Catholic Primary School, ThornleyDurhamOur Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, ShottonEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB74/100Stronger figureC56/100
Local ranking13th of 202 in County Durham Stronger figure84th of 202 in County Durham
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll69 154
Capacity105 168
LocationDurham, DH6 3NR Durham, DH6 2JQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard43.0% 71.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard14.0% Stronger figure10.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 108.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census69 154
Free school meals (ever 6)23.2% 35.1%
English as an additional language14.5% 3.2%
SEN support17.4% 16.2%
SEN with an EHC plan2.9% 3.9%
Attendance
Overall absence4.8% Stronger figure6.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence8.8% Stronger figure20.7% 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.

St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton

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