Bowburn Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bowburn, DH6 5FP
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Bowburn Primary School
Crowtrees Lane, Bowburn, DH6 5FP
Primary
Phase
540
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 August 2025 and continues as Bowburn Primary School (URN 152113) (opened 1 September 2025). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 59.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 37
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 429
- Boys
- 228 (53%)
- Girls
- 201 (47%)
- Capacity
- 540 (79% full)
- SEND
- 19.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.0%
- EAL
- 10.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 17.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,057/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.3% 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: 82.0%
- Black African: 7.0%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Other: 1.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
82.0%
White British
7.0%
Black African
4.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Crowtrees Lane
Bowburn, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 114087
- UKPRN
- 10070659
- Establishment No.
- 2388
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