Shotley Bridge Primary School

Shotley Bridge Primary School continues to be a good school, fostering a positive environment where pupils are molded into future leaders. The school emphasizes kindness, honesty, and courage, ensuring exemplary behavior among pupils and a strong culture of reading. Despite significant changes in leadership, the school has maintained its focus on curriculum development and provides a wide range of extracurricular opportunities, contributing to a well-rounded educational experience for its students. The commitment to mental well-being and the sense of community further enhance the school's atmosphere.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and treat each other considerately.
• Strong focus on reading, with high engagement and effective phonics teaching.
• Curriculum is logically organized allowing for effective knowledge building.
• Well-being is prioritized for both staff and pupils.
• Wide range of extracurricular opportunities available for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Formative assessment systems in some foundation subjects do not effectively track what pupils have remembered over time.

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 Shotley Bridge Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% 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, 1.2% of pupils at Shotley Bridge 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 Shotley Bridge Primary School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.4% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Shotley Bridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.3% 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 Shotley Bridge Primary School received £6,989 and spent £7,468 for each of its 344 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £74,000 (£217 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 Shotley Bridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Shotley Bridge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Shotley Bridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Shotley Bridge Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Shotley Bridge Primary School have?

Shotley Bridge Primary School has 344 pupils on roll.

What age range does Shotley Bridge Primary School cover?

Shotley Bridge Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Shotley Bridge Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 59% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Shotley Bridge Primary School?

Shotley Bridge Primary School is at Snows Green Road, Shotley Bridge, Consett, County Durham, DH8 0ES.