Tudhoe Colliery Primary School
Front Street, Tudhoe Colliery, Spennymoor, DL16 6TJ
Headteacher: Miss Allison BousteadSchool website ↗Pupils: 204 (capacity: 210)Part of TUDHOE LEARNING TRUST
Ofsted inspected
Inspected October 2024
Oversubscribed
90% of first-choice applicants offered a place
72%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected October 2024
90%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed
Latest data: 2024/25
Ofsted RatingInspected 1 October 2024Full 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
Good
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.
72.0%
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%.
10.0%
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 83%·Writing 83%·Maths 86%→All three 72%
Reading
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Writing
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Maths
0%
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75%
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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?
- 30
- How many families wanted this school first?
- 31
- How many got their first choice?
- 28of 31 (90.3%)
- How many applied in total?
- 75
Pupils & Inclusion
Eligible for pupil premium
24.0%
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).
17.0%
Boys and girls
50%girls·50%boys
103 girls, 101 boys
Location
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Results Over Time
↓ Peaked at 90% (2023/24), currently 72%
* 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 | 72.0% | 20.0% | +1.4 | +2.9 | +1.5 |
| 2016/17 | 68.0% | 8.0% | -0.8 | +3.3 | +1.8 |
| 2017/18 | 83.0% | 13.0% | +1.1 | +3.8 | +1.3 |
| 2018/19 | 79.0% | 29.0% | -1.0 | +1.0 | +0.2 |
| 2022/23 | 63.0% | 3.0% | -2.6 | +2.5 | -1.4 |
| 2023/24 | 90.0% | 27.0% | - | - | - |
| 2024/25 | 72.0% | 10.0% | - | - | - |