Dene House Primary School
General Information
- Address: Manor Way, Peterlee, SR8 5RL – View on map
- Phone: 01915862937
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Lee Blake
- Age range: 5-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 164
- % eligible for free school meals: 54.1%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.9% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 38% moved to another school, 62% 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. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
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: 7.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 24.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 25.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 29 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 20 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 59% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points below the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 57% against an expected 52%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 57%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 78% · Writing 72% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
- Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
- Based on: 46 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 108th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =103St William's Catholic Primary School60%
- =103Stanley (Crook) Primary School60%
- =108Dene House Primary School59%
- =108Shotley Bridge Primary School59%
- =108St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston59%
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32nd of 134 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #30Crook Primary SchoolGood
- #31Deaf Hill Primary SchoolGood
- #32Dene House Primary SchoolGood
- #33Durham Gilesgate Primary SchoolGood
- #34Easington Colliery Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,193 (2024-25)
120th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #118Sacriston Academy£7,224
- #119Witton Gilbert Primary School£7,198
- #120Dene House Primary School£7,193
- #121Roseberry Primary and Nursery School£7,187
- #122Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School£7,162
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