Cassop Primary School

County DurhamCommunity school

Cassop, Durham, DH6 4RA

Headteacher: Ms Victoria HewisonSchool website ↗Pupils: 123 (capacity: 176)
Ofsted Good
Inspected March 2023
Oversubscribed
91% of first-choice applicants offered a place
53%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected March 2023
91%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 28 March 2023Full report ↗

Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Good across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
53.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
7.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 73%·Writing 80%·Maths 80%All three 53%
Reading
Expected73%
Exceeding27%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected80%
Exceeding13%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected80%
Exceeding7%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
20
How many families wanted this school first?
22
How many got their first choice?
20of 22 (90.9%)
How many applied in total?
43

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
33.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
40.0%
Boys and girls
49%girls·51%boys
60 girls, 63 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 95% (2017/18), currently 53%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1653.0%12.0%+2.6+0.5+4.2
2016/1780.0%7.0%+4.2+1.4+4.5
2017/1895.0%5.0%+4.4+3.2+4.5
2018/1967.0%11.0%-0.5+2.2+0.8
2022/2376.0%5.0%-1.3-2.6-1.1
2023/2464.0%5.0%---
2024/2553.0%7.0%---