Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery
About the school
Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery 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
- 8 December 2021
- Published
- 30 January 2022
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- 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
Good
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
- 58%
- County Durham
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 6%
- County Durham
- 8%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 61%
- County Durham
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 76%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 70%
- County Durham
- 73%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 76%
- County Durham
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 21%
- County Durham
- 27%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 76%
- County Durham
- 80%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 101
- County Durham
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 102
- County Durham
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 103
- 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
243
Girls
49.79%
Boys
50.21%
SEN support
23.87%
Education, health and care plan
9.05%
English as an additional language
4.50%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
50.23%
Overall absence
7.09
Persistent absence
20