Sugar Hill Primary SchoolWoodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Newton Aycliffe.

Summary of the comparison

Sugar Hill Primary School and Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery are primary schools in Newton Aycliffe.

  • Sugar Hill Primary School scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Sugar Hill Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Sugar Hill Primary School was judged exceptional and Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery was judged Requires improvement.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 52.0% for Sugar Hill Primary School and 58.0% for Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Sugar Hill Primary School (64.0% in 2022-23, 52.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Sugar Hill Primary School versus Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Newton AycliffeSugar Hill Primary SchoolNewton AycliffeWoodham Burn Community Primary School and NurseryEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD52/100Stronger figureD43/100
Local ranking106th of 202 in County Durham Stronger figure182nd of 202 in County Durham
InspectionOfsted: OutstandingStronger figureOfsted: Requires improvement
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll459 243
Capacity468 330
LocationNewton Aycliffe, DL5 5NU Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4EX
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard52.0% 58.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard5.0% 6.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure101.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census459 243
Free school meals (ever 6)31.5% 50.2%
English as an additional language2.6% 4.5%
SEN support17.9% 23.9%
SEN with an EHC plan0.9% 9.1%
Attendance
Overall absence6.1% Stronger figure7.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence16.3% Stronger figure20.0% 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.

Sugar Hill Primary School

Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

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