Cockfield Primary School
General Information
- Address: Front Street, Cockfield, Bishop Auckland, DL13 5EN – View on map
- Phone: 01388718263
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Wright
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 9 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: 2023 11 · 2024 11 · 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: 26
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.7%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.9% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% 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: 5.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 33.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 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: 88% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 25% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 26 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 61% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 61%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 88% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 106
- 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 6th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- #4Thornhill Primary School93%
- #5Ingleton CofE Primary School89%
- =6Cockfield Primary School88%
- =6Sacriston Academy88%
- =8Framwellgate Moor Primary School87%
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27th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #25Cestria Primary SchoolGood
- #26Chilton AcademyGood
- #27Cockfield Primary SchoolGood
- #28Cotherstone Primary SchoolGood
- #29Cotsford Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,184 (2024-25)
48th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #46Nettlesworth Primary School£9,272
- #47Peases West Academy£9,204
- #48Cockfield Primary School£9,184
- #49Langley Park Primary School£9,160
- #50Bearpark Primary School£9,145
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