Stanley Burnside Primary School

Stanley Burnside Primary School demonstrates a strong commitment to inclusion and ensures that all pupils feel welcomed and valued. Leaders have significantly improved attendance through effective strategies and support systems for pupils who struggle to attend due to emotional needs. Although pupils generally behave well and feel safe, concerns arise in their academic achievements, particularly in foundational skills for younger pupils, which are not consistently mastered. Assessments indicate that more needs to be done to elevate outcomes in reading, writing, and mathematics, particularly for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Strong culture of safeguarding where pupils feel safe and valued.
• Effective strategies implemented to improve attendance.
• Robust support systems for pupils with emotional needs.
• Positive behaviour praised by staff and parents, with bullying being rare.
• Inclusive practices that prioritize the needs of all pupils.
• Engaging and enjoyed curriculum enriched by educational visits.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent foundational skills in reading, writing, and mathematics among younger pupils.
• Declining outcomes for phonics screening and Year 4 multiplication checks.
• Inaccurate evaluations of pupils' academic progress leading to wider knowledge gaps.
• Inadequate support for younger pupils in the early stages of learning to read and write.
• Lack of urgency among leaders and governors in addressing academic priorities.

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 Stanley Burnside Primary School attended 92.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 28.9% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Stanley Burnside Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Stanley Burnside Primary School had 17.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% 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, 21.3% of pupils at Stanley Burnside Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.7% 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 Stanley Burnside Primary School received £9,467 and spent £10,202 for each of its 164 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £155,000 (£949 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 Stanley Burnside Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stanley Burnside Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Stanley Burnside Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stanley Burnside Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Stanley Burnside Primary School have?

Stanley Burnside Primary School has 174 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stanley Burnside Primary School cover?

Stanley Burnside Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Stanley Burnside Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stanley Burnside Primary School?

Stanley Burnside Primary School is at Mendip Terrace, South Stanley, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 6QP.