King Street Primary School
General Information
- Address: High Grange Road, Spennymoor, DL16 6RA – View on map
- Phone: 01388816078
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Joanne Bromley
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 23 families put it first for 27 places – 9 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 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 87
- % eligible for free school meals: 42.2%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (similar to the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 6.3% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% 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: 5.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 16.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 33.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 49 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
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: 53% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points below the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 56% against an expected 45%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 67% · Writing 63% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 57%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 30 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 135th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =135Cassop Primary School53%
- =135Cotsford Primary School53%
- =135King Street Primary School53%
- =135Witton Gilbert Primary School53%
- =141Crook Primary School52%
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View full Ofsted inspection report
51st of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #49Hunwick Primary SchoolGood
- #50Hutton Henry CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolGood
- #51King Street Primary SchoolGood
- #52Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary SchoolGood
- #53Langley Moor Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,715 (2024-25)
93rd of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #91Silver Tree Primary School and Nursery£7,766
- #92Ebchester CofE Primary School£7,730
- #93King Street Primary School£7,715
- #94Shield Row Primary School£7,700
- #95Ropery Walk Primary School£7,688
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