Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School
About the school
Dean Bank Primary and Nursery 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
- 22 May 2024
- Published
- 30 June 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
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
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
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
- 52%
- County Durham
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 4%
- County Durham
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 60%
- County Durham
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 60%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 56%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 48%
- County Durham
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 24%
- County Durham
- 27%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 68%
- County Durham
- 80%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 100
- County Durham
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 99
- County Durham
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 101
- 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
169
Girls
46.75%
Boys
53.25%
SEN support
14.79%
Education, health and care plan
2.96%
English as an additional language
15.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
73.46%
Overall absence
6.61
Persistent absence
21.71