Heighington Church of England Primary School
Hopelands, Heighington, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 6PH
Headteacher: Mrs Carly StonierSchool website ↗Pupils: 256 (capacity: 266)Part of DURHAM AND NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN LEARNING TRUST
Ofsted Good
Inspected December 2019
Oversubscribed
84% of first-choice applicants offered a place
69%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Good
Inspected December 2019
84%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 10 December 2019Full 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 combinedⓘReading, 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.
69.0%
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%.
17.0%
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 81%·Writing 83%·Maths 83%→All three 69%
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Maths
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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?
- 29
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 32
- How many got their first choice?
- 27of 32 (84.4%)
- How many applied in total?
- 51
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
11.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageⓘEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
3.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportⓘSEN 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).
11.0%
Boys and girls
54%girls·46%boys
138 girls, 118 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
→ Peaked at 93% (2015/16), currently 69%
* 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
| Year | Reading, Writing & Maths (expected %) | Exceeding expected (%) | Reading Progress | Writing Progress | Maths Progress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 93.0% | 20.0% | +4.0 | +3.4 | +3.7 |
| 2016/17 | 80.0% | 29.0% | +2.2 | +2.2 | +2.6 |
| 2017/18 | 0.0% | 0.0% | +3.2 | +1.7 | - |
| 2018/19 | 77.0% | 21.0% | +3.3 | +1.2 | +1.8 |
| 2022/23 | 70.0% | 20.0% | -1.0 | +0.7 | +0.1 |
| 2023/24 | 68.0% | 11.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 69.0% | 17.0% | - | - | - |