Benfieldside Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Consett, DH8 0JX
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Benfieldside Primary School
Moorlands, Blackhill, Consett, DH8 0JX
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
357
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 25 June 2024.
School history and status
Closed on 31 August 2026 and continues as Benfieldside Primary School (URN 152602) (opened 1 September 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 52.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 29
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 196
- Boys
- 101 (57%)
- Girls
- 77 (43%)
- Capacity
- 357 (50% full)
- SEND
- 18.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 59.8%
- EAL
- 7.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 17.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 11.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,061/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.8%
- White Other: 4.1%
- Other: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Black Other: 1.0%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
88.8%
White British
4.1%
White Other
3.1%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 114045
- UKPRN
- 10070842
- Establishment No.
- 2749
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