Sacriston Academy
General Information
- Address: Witton Road, Sacriston, Durham, DH7 6LQ – View on map
- Phone: 01913710777
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Louise Parks
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 19 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: 74
- % eligible for free school meals: 43.0%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (more mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 24.8% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 61% moved to another school, 39% 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: 4.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 25.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 27 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card June 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Strong standard
- Leadership and governance Strong standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 88% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 26 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 70% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 70%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 92% · Writing 88% · Maths 92% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 79%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 108
- Based on: 24 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 6th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- #5Ingleton CofE Primary School89%
- =6Cockfield Primary School88%
- =6Sacriston Academy88%
- =8Framwellgate Moor Primary School87%
- =8Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy87%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,224 (2024-25)
118th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #116The Grove Primary School£7,306
- #117St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland£7,270
- #118Sacriston Academy£7,224
- #119Witton Gilbert Primary School£7,198
- #120Dene House Primary School£7,193
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