Green Lane Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Green Lane, Barnard Castle, DL12 8LG – View on map
- Phone: 01833690298
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Rob Goffee
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 59
- % eligible for free school meals: 31.7%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26.1% 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 (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: 6.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Severe 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: 55% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 67% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 67%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 79% · Maths 66% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 103
- Based on: 38 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: 128th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =123Willington Primary School56%
- =123Witton-le-Wear Primary School56%
- #128Green Lane Church of England Primary School55%
- =129Cockton Hill Junior School54%
- =129East Stanley School54%
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43rd of 134 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #41Ferryhill Station Primary SchoolGood
- #42Frosterley Primary SchoolGood
- #43Green Lane Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #44Hamsterley Primary SchoolGood
- #45Hartside Primary AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,796 (2024-25)
140th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #138Sherburn Primary School£6,821
- #139St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton£6,805
- #140Green Lane Church of England Primary School£6,796
- #141St Stephen's Church of England Primary School£6,760
- #142Red Rose Primary School£6,758
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