Esh Winning Academy
General Information
- Address: The Wynds, Esh Winning, Durham, DH7 9BE – View on map
- Phone: 01913734701
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Helen Anderson
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 24 families put it first for 25 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: 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: 104
- % eligible for free school meals: 42.3%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 8.5% 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 (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: 7.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 23 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 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: 57% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 6% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 54% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 54%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 66% · Writing 63% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 66%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
- Based on: 35 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 117th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =117Brandon Primary Academy57%
- =117Escomb Primary School57%
- =117Esh Winning Academy57%
- =117Sherburn Primary School57%
- =117South Hetton Primary57%
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39th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #37Edmondsley Primary AcademyGood
- #38Esh CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolGood
- #39Esh Winning AcademyGood
- #40Etherley Lane Primary SchoolGood
- #41Ferryhill Station Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,007 (2024-25)
128th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #126Chilton Academy£7,013
- #127Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School£7,012
- #128Esh Winning Academy£7,007
- #129Middlestone Moor Academy£6,986
- #130All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester£6,985
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