Heighington Church of England Primary School
Hopelands, Heighington, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6PH
Local ranking14th of 29 primary schools in Darlington
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
266
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 17.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 83.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 36
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 256
- Boys
- 118 (46%)
- Girls
- 138 (54%)
- Capacity
- 266 (96% full)
- SEND
- 7.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.7%
- EAL
- 0.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 5.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,304/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- Black Caribbean: 0.8%
- White Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
- Asian Chinese: 0.4%
91.5%
White British
2.8%
Mixed White & Asian
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137022
- UKPRN
- 10034926
- Establishment No.
- 3132
- Trust
- DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN LEARNING TRUST