Shotton Primary School
General Information
- Address: Grange Terrace, Shotton Colliery, DH6 2JP – View on map
- Phone: 01915262006
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Charlotte O'Neil
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 31 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: 124
- % eligible for free school meals: 47.9%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (more mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 9% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 63% moved to another school, 37% 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: 8.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 32.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 29 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 10 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 65% against an expected 48%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 65%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 68% · Writing 64% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 64%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 25 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 90th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =90Seaview Primary School64%
- =90Shotton Hall Primary School64%
- =90Shotton Primary School64%
- =90Tanfield Lea Community Primary School64%
- =98Byers Green Primary School63%
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83rd of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #81Shotley Bridge Primary SchoolGood
- #82Shotton Hall Primary SchoolGood
- #83Shotton Primary SchoolGood
- #84Silver Tree Primary School and NurseryGood
- #85South Hetton PrimaryGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,095 (2024-25)
52nd of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #50Bearpark Primary School£9,145
- #51Seaview Primary School£9,137
- #52Shotton Primary School£9,095
- #53Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law£9,095
- #54Willington Primary School£9,018
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