Byers Green Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wear View, Byers Green, Spennymoor, DL16 7PN – View on map
- Phone: 01388603483
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Gill Dodds
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 8 families put it first for 10 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 30
- % eligible for free school meals: 40.0%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.3% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across County Durham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in County Durham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 63% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 57% against an expected 56%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 75% · Maths 63% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 8 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 98th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =90Shotton Primary School64%
- =90Tanfield Lea Community Primary School64%
- =98Byers Green Primary School63%
- =98Chilton Academy63%
- =98Hartside Primary Academy63%
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21st of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #19Browney Primary AcademyGood
- #20Bullion Lane Primary SchoolGood
- #21Byers Green Primary SchoolGood
- #22Cassop Primary SchoolGood
- #23Castleside Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,961 (2024-25)
28th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #26St Mary's Catholic Primary School, South Moor£10,049
- #27Our Lady and St Joseph Brooms Catholic Primary School, Leadgate£10,045
- #28Byers Green Primary School£9,961
- #29Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School£9,915
- #30Seascape Primary School£9,890
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