Sedgefield Primary School
General Information
- Address: Rectory Row, Sedgefield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 2BJ – View on map
- Phone: 01740620359
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Leanne Collings
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 19 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 19 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 7 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 34
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.0%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (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 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. 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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 21 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 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: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 68% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 68%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 87% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 106
- 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 44th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =44Byerley Park Primary School73%
- =44New Brancepeth Primary Academy73%
- =44Sedgefield Primary School73%
- =44St Anne's CofE Primary School73%
- =44St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe73%
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78th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #76Seaham Trinity Primary SchoolGood
- #77Seaview Primary SchoolGood
- #78Sedgefield Primary SchoolGood
- #79Sherburn Primary SchoolGood
- #80Shield Row Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,969 (2024-25)
131st of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #129Middlestone Moor Academy£6,986
- #130All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester£6,985
- #131Sedgefield Primary School£6,969
- #132Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery£6,964
- #133Coxhoe Primary School£6,948
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