St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley
Ofsted: Good
Score
B74
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Durham, DH6 3NR
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Thornley Academy
Cooper's Terrace, Thornley, Durham, DH6 3DZ
Local ranking172nd of 200 primary schools in County Durham
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 24 January 2024.
School history and status
Continues from Thornley Primary School (URN 114146) since 1 September 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 54.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 4.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 58.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 26
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 156
- Boys
- 77 (62%)
- Girls
- 47 (38%)
- Capacity
- 210 (59% full)
- SEND
- 35.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 42.4%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.1%
- SEN Support
- 30.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,374/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 93.5%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
93.5%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.9%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cooper's Terrace
Durham, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 151059
- UKPRN
- 10095796
- Establishment No.
- 2523
- Trust
- WISE ACADEMIES
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