Easington Lane Primary School

Easington Lane Primary School has been confirmed as a good school following its recent inspection. Pupils express enjoyment in attending the school, appreciating the engaging and supportive learning environment created by their teachers. The leadership team maintains high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), contributing to their overall academic success. The curriculum is well designed and sequenced, allowing pupils to build on their knowledge effectively from nursery through to Year 6, with particular strengths noted in religious education and reading.

Strengths

• Students enjoy a welcoming environment that fosters learning.
• Teachers make learning fun and engaging.
• The school has a well-designed curriculum that meets the needs of all pupils.
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Strong focus on religious education that fosters empathy and respect.
• Effective use of assessment to identify knowledge gaps.
• High-quality phonics instruction leads to strong reading achievement.
• Pupils are involved in various extracurricular activities that build confidence.
• Strong safeguarding measures are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils read books not accurately matched to their phonics knowledge.
• Insufficient opportunities for pupils to practice problem-solving in mathematics.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Easington Lane Primary School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.6% of pupils at Easington Lane Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Easington Lane Primary School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.9% of pupils at Easington Lane Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Easington Lane Primary School received £9,224 and spent £8,959 for each of its 257 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £162,000 (£630 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Easington Lane Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Easington Lane Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Easington Lane Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Easington Lane Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Easington Lane Primary School have?

Easington Lane Primary School has 281 pupils on roll.

What age range does Easington Lane Primary School cover?

Easington Lane Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Easington Lane Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Easington Lane Primary School?

Easington Lane Primary School is at High Street, Easington Lane, Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH5 0JT.