Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Westway, Peterlee, SR8 1DE – View on map
- Phone: 01915862264
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Marie Graham
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 18 families put it first for 18 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 18 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 70
- % eligible for free school meals: 41.9%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.6% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 67% moved to another school, 33% 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.
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: 5.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
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: 74% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 9% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 66% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 66%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 84% · Maths 91% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- Based on: 43 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 38th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =38All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester74%
- =38Cestria Primary School74%
- =38Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School74%
- =38South Stanley Junior School74%
- =38St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School74%
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66th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #64Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, WillingtonGood
- #65Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, ShottonGood
- #66Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #67Peases West AcademyGood
- #68Pittington Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,553 (2024-25)
103rd of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #101Escomb Primary School£7,603
- #102Easington Colliery Primary School£7,573
- #103Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School£7,553
- #104St Andrew's Academy£7,535
- #105Westlea Primary School£7,528
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