Stanley (Crook) Primary School
General Information
- Address: Wooley Terrace, Stanley Crook, Crook, DL15 9AN – View on map
- Phone: 01388762858
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Michelle Norris
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 22 families put it first for 19 places – 12 for every 10 places. 86% 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 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 14
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.9%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 1% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 29.4% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 89% moved to another school, 11% 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: 4.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 9.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 74% against an expected 62%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 74%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 80% · Writing 73% · Maths 73% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 15 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 103rd of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =103Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Ushaw Moor60%
- =103St William's Catholic Primary School60%
- =103Stanley (Crook) Primary School60%
- =108Dene House Primary School59%
- =108Shotley Bridge Primary School59%
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114th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #112St William's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #113Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolGood
- #114Stanley (Crook) Primary SchoolGood
- #115Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery SchoolGood
- #116Sunnybrow Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,612 (2024-25)
100th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #98Howden-le-Wear Primary School£7,652
- #99St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton£7,645
- #100Stanley (Crook) Primary School£7,612
- #101Escomb Primary School£7,603
- #102Easington Colliery Primary School£7,573
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