Frosterley Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bridge End, Frosterley, Bishop Auckland, DL13 2SN – View on map
- Phone: 01388528358
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Richard Sains
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 5 families put it first for 5 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 10 · 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: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.3%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 0% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 36.5% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 3% moved to another school, 97% 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: 7.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 28.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 21.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Multi-sensory impairment: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 29% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 86% · Maths 71% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- 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 57th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =51Vane Road Primary School72%
- =57Browney Primary Academy71%
- =57Frosterley Primary School71%
- =57Middlestone Moor Academy71%
- =57Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, Shotton71%
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43rd of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #41Ferryhill Station Primary SchoolGood
- #42Finchale Primary SchoolGood
- #43Frosterley Primary SchoolGood
- #44Green Lane Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #45Greenland Community Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £15,313 (2024-25)
3rd of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #1Wearhead Primary School£21,232
- #2Woodland Primary School£16,016
- #3Frosterley Primary School£15,313
- #4St John's Chapel Primary School£15,171
- #5Hamsterley Primary School£14,190
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