Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Durham, DH1 5LP
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Finchale Primary School
Canterbury Road, Newton Hall, Durham, DH1 5XT
Local ranking33rd of 200 primary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 8 May 2025.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 78.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 19.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 91.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 32
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 213
- Boys
- 107 (51%)
- Girls
- 102 (49%)
- Capacity
- 210 (100% full)
- SEND
- 11.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 3.8%
- EAL
- 9.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.9%
- SEN Support
- 10.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,001/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 2.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 3.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 87.1%
- Other: 3.3%
- White Other: 2.4%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
87.1%
White British
3.3%
Other
2.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Canterbury Road
Durham, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 130312
- UKPRN
- 10075589
- Establishment No.
- 2748
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