Ramshaw Primary School

Ramshaw Primary School continues to provide a good education for its students, demonstrating high levels of care from staff and a broad, ambitious curriculum that engages pupils. The school excels in creating a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and valued, with particular strengths in their approach to pupils’ wider development and well-sequenced mathematics instruction leading to impressive outcomes. This inspection marks the first ungraded check since the school was last assessed in January 2019, reaffirming its established standards and dedication to improvement.

Strengths

• Staff provide high levels of care to all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Pupils achieve well in mathematics due to a well-sequenced curriculum.
• The phonics programme is expertly taught, resulting in strong reading skills.
• Pupils' wider development is catered for exceptionally well with various opportunities.
• Pupils have a respectful and purposeful attitude towards their learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not used precisely in all foundation subjects, impacting knowledge retention.

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 Ramshaw Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Ramshaw 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 Ramshaw Primary School had 14.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 22.2% of pupils at Ramshaw Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 Ramshaw Primary School received £11,327 and spent £11,009 for each of its 54 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £56,000 (£1,035 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 Ramshaw Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ramshaw Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Ramshaw Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ramshaw Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Ramshaw Primary School have?

Ramshaw Primary School has 54 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ramshaw Primary School cover?

Ramshaw Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ramshaw Primary School?

Ramshaw Primary School is at Oaks Bank, Evenwood, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 9SD.