Sugar Hill Primary School

County DurhamCommunity school

Sheraton Road, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 5NU

Headteacher: Mrs Paula O'RourkeSchool website ↗Pupils: 459 (capacity: 468)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected February 2025
Oversubscribed
97% of first-choice applicants offered a place
52%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected February 2025
97%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 4 February 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

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

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Outstanding

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.
52.0%
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%.
5.0%
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 72%·Writing 65%·Maths 80%All three 52%
Reading
Expected72%
Exceeding22%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected65%
Exceeding12%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected80%
Exceeding12%
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?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
61
How many got their first choice?
59of 61 (96.7%)
How many applied in total?
120

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
38.0%
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).
22.0%
Boys and girls
54%girls·46%boys
246 girls, 213 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 85% (2016/17), currently 52%

* 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
2015/1658.0%12.0%-0.1+3.0+3.7
2016/1785.0%13.0%+5.0+3.4+5.2
2017/1881.0%16.0%+4.5+1.9+5.6
2018/1985.0%8.0%+2.8+1.8+3.2
2022/2364.0%8.0%-2.7-0.9-1.9
2023/2471.0%8.0%---
2024/2552.0%5.0%---
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