Nettlesworth Primary School
General Information
- Address: Front Street, Nettlesworth, Chester le Street, DH2 3PF – View on map
- Phone: 01913710444
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Donna Lee
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 11 families put it first for 13 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 13 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 17 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 32
- % eligible for free school meals: 30.5%
- 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: 5.6% 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 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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 14.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 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: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 18 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 68% against an expected 59%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 100% · Writing 80% · Maths 100% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 100%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 104
- Based on: 10 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: 23rd of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =20St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle81%
- =20St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh Village81%
- #23Nettlesworth Primary School80%
- #24Lanchester Endowed Parochial Primary School79%
- =25Burnopfield Primary School78%
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57th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #55Leadgate Primary School - Split SiteGood
- #56Ludworth Primary SchoolGood
- #57Nettlesworth Primary SchoolGood
- #58Neville's Cross Primary School and NurseryGood
- #59New Seaham AcademyGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,272 (2024-25)
46th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #44Wheatley Hill Community Primary School£9,384
- #45St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook£9,369
- #46Nettlesworth Primary School£9,272
- #47Peases West Academy£9,204
- #48Cockfield Primary School£9,184
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