Catchgate Primary School
General Information
- Address: Blackett Street, Catchgate, Stanley, DH9 8LX – View on map
- Phone: 01207234252
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Jo Woodhall
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 19 places – 10 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: 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 86
- % eligible for free school meals: 44.3%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 50% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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: 6.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 19 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 50% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points below the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 52% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 60% · Writing 77% · Maths 60% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 43%
- Average test scores: reading 102, maths 100
- Based on: 30 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 147th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =141Timothy Hackworth Primary School52%
- =147Burnhope Primary School50%
- =147Catchgate Primary School50%
- =147Durham Gilesgate Primary School50%
- =147Langley Park Primary School50%
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24th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #22Cassop Primary SchoolGood
- #23Castleside Primary SchoolGood
- #24Catchgate Primary SchoolGood
- #25Cestria Primary SchoolGood
- #26Chilton AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,990 (2024-25)
79th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #77St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon£8,149
- #78Yohden Primary School£8,010
- #79Catchgate Primary School£7,990
- #80Crook Primary School£7,980
- #81Victoria Lane Academy£7,959
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