Collierley Nursery and Primary School
General Information
- Address: Front Street, Dipton, Stanley, DH9 9DJ – View on map
- Phone: 01207570298
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Angela McDermid
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 18 families put it first for 18 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: 45
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.3%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.6% 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 2 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: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 14.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Multi-sensory impairment: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card June 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
- Early years Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Expected standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2022). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 72% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 57% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 83% · Maths 72% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 105
- Based on: 18 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 51st of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =44St Godric's Catholic Primary School, Durham73%
- =51Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School72%
- =51Collierley Nursery and Primary School72%
- =51Easington Colliery Primary School72%
- =51St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley72%
Click to see the full ranking
Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,212 (2024-25)
75th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #73Bloemfontein Primary School£8,349
- #74Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School£8,292
- #75Collierley Nursery and Primary School£8,212
- #76Blackhall Primary School£8,159
- #77St John's Church of England Aided Primary School, Shildon£8,149
Click to see the full ranking
View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)