Ludworth Primary School

Ludworth Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. The leadership is committed to providing a broad and ambitious curriculum tailored to the needs of its pupils, facilitating their learning through rich experiences such as visits to museums and theatres. The school fosters a positive environment where pupils behave well, respect one another, and show a keen interest in learning, with aspirations for future careers in fields like engineering and architecture. Despite strengths in reading and early childhood education, the school faces challenges with attendance and ensuring that lesson structures allow sufficient time for new knowledge acquisition.

Strengths

• The curriculum is broad and ambitious, meeting the needs of pupils effectively.
• Most pupils quickly become competent readers with strong phonics support.
• Positive behaviour and attitudes to learning are evident in classrooms.
• Pupils engage actively in extracurricular activities through the 'Limestone Leopards' programme.
• Teachers exhibit secure subject knowledge and use effective teaching resources.

Areas for Improvement

• Some lessons spend too long recapping prior knowledge, hindering the introduction of new content.
• There are instances of high persistent absence, with improvements needed in monitoring attendance.

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 Ludworth Primary School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.9% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Ludworth 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 Ludworth Primary School had 15.7 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, 17.9% of pupils at Ludworth Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% 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 Ludworth Primary School received £11,980 and spent £10,823 for each of its 79 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £122,000 (£1,549 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 Ludworth Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Ludworth Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ludworth Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Ludworth Primary School have?

Ludworth Primary School has 84 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ludworth Primary School cover?

Ludworth Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

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

Where is Ludworth Primary School?

Ludworth Primary School is at Moor Crescent, Ludworth, Durham, DH6 1LZ.