St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Bishop Auckland, DL14 0EP
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Escomb Primary School
Three Lane Ends, Escomb, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7SR
Local ranking55th of 200 primary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 31 March 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 57.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 102.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 165
- Boys
- 72 (45%)
- Girls
- 88 (55%)
- Capacity
- 210 (76% full)
- SEND
- 19.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.3%
- EAL
- 0.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,603/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.0% 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: 97.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
97.6%
White British
1.2%
Mixed Other
0.6%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Three Lane Ends
Bishop Auckland, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 114103
- UKPRN
- 10073260
- Establishment No.
- 2417
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