Shield Row Primary School
General Information
- Address: King Edward VIII Terrace, Shield Row, Stanley, DH9 0HQ – View on map
- Phone: 01207239661
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Jill Cooke
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 28 places – 10 for every 10 places. 97% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 11 · 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: 57
- % eligible for free school meals: 30.6%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 4% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 0% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- 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: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.0%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- 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: 65% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 3 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 56% against an expected 53%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 70% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 103
- Based on: 23 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 84th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =84Etherley Lane Primary School65%
- =84Pittington Primary School65%
- =84Shield Row Primary School65%
- =90Ludworth Primary School64%
- =90Ramshaw Primary School64%
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80th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #78Sedgefield Primary SchoolGood
- #79Sherburn Primary SchoolGood
- #80Shield Row Primary SchoolGood
- #81Shotley Bridge Primary SchoolGood
- #82Shotton Hall Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,700 (2024-25)
94th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #92Ebchester CofE Primary School£7,730
- #93King Street Primary School£7,715
- #94Shield Row Primary School£7,700
- #95Ropery Walk Primary School£7,688
- #96Kelloe Primary School£7,684
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