Butterknowle Primary School
About the school
Butterknowle Primary School is an open primary school in County Durham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 February 2026
- Published
- 26 April 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 29%
- County Durham
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- County Durham
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 29%
- County Durham
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 43%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 43%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 29%
- County Durham
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 14%
- County Durham
- 27%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 71%
- County Durham
- 80%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 97
- County Durham
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 98
- County Durham
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 96
- County Durham
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
50
Girls
54.00%
Boys
46.00%
SEN support
20.00%
Education, health and care plan
2.00%
English as an additional language
0.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
26.00%
Overall absence
4.4
Persistent absence
6.82