Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School

Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School remains a good school, showcasing a supportive and safe environment where pupils thrive. The core values of friendship and respect are deeply embedded in the school culture, contributing to positive relationships among pupils and staff. The school has recently made leadership changes, which it has effectively utilized to review and enhance its curriculum, ensuring it meets the needs of all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Overall, pupils display a strong enthusiasm for learning and partake in a variety of extracurricular activities, highlighting a vibrant school life. Despite its strengths, the school has areas for improvement regarding the consistency of curriculum implementation across subjects. Although the curriculum is well-mapped in theory, pupils sometimes struggle to independently connect prior learning or demonstrate the depth of understanding expected by leaders. Additionally, there are concerns about the effectiveness of safeguarding record-keeping, suggesting that while safeguards are in place, the recording process requires enhancement to ensure clarity and efficiency.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate kindness and caring attitudes towards each other.
• The school has high expectations and supports pupils with SEND well.
• Pupils engage enthusiastically with the well-planned and broad curriculum.
• The school offers a strong focus on reading and structured phonics lessons.
• Positive relationships foster an inclusive and welcoming learning environment.
• A range of after-school clubs enriches pupils' extracurricular experiences.
• Pupils have a deep understanding of personal, social, and health education.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum impact is inconsistent in some subjects.
• Some safeguarding actions are not recorded clearly or efficiently.

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 Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School attended 94.8% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Bishopton Redmarshall CofE 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 Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School had 17.9 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, 6.7% of pupils at Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 2024–25 Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School received £10,053 and spent £9,973 for each of its 80 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £234,000 (£2,938 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Learning Trust, income was £7,271 and spending £7,125 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School is part of Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Learning Trust, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

• St Mary's Church of England Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Holy Trinity Rosehill CofE Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• St. George's Church of England Academy
• Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• St John's Church of England Academy Darlington
• Heighington Church of England Primary School Newton Aycliffe
• St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School Hartlepool
• Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Hartlepool
• Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School Hartlepool
• Ingleton CofE Primary School Darlington

What is Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School have?

Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School has 90 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School cover?

Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School?

Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School is at Cobby Castle Lane, Bishopton, TS21 1HD.