Bullion Lane Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
B73
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Chester le Street, DH2 2DP
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Newker Primary School
Waldridge Road, Chester le Street, DH2 3AA
Local ranking103rd of 202 primary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 69.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 7.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 378
- Boys
- 184 (49%)
- Girls
- 194 (51%)
- Capacity
- 420 (90% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.7%
- EAL
- 3.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 11.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,729/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.0% 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: 93.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.9%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
- White Irish: 0.3%
93.1%
White British
1.9%
Mixed White & Black African
1.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Waldridge Road
Chester le Street, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 131233
- UKPRN
- 10075258
- Establishment No.
- 2943
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