St Mark's Church of England Primary School

St Mark's Church of England Primary School has demonstrated a strong overall performance with a clear commitment to safeguarding and the wellbeing of its pupils. The school's leadership has effectively revised its curriculum, leading to significant improvements in academic outcomes, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics. Although the students generally achieve well, the school recognizes the need to continue addressing the learning gaps for disadvantaged pupils, ensuring that these students progress as effectively as their peers.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with high ambitions for pupils and staff.
• Effective early years provision that supports children's development.
• Successful personal, social, and health education curriculum.
• High quality phonics programme leading to swift reading development.
• Strong culture of safeguarding and wellbeing for all pupils.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• A variety of extracurricular activities that promote personal growth.

Areas for Improvement

• Some disadvantaged pupils struggle with punctuality and attendance.
• Gaps in attainment between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils remain.
• Ongoing challenges in improving writing skills for all pupils.

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 St Mark's Church of England Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.7% 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, 0.2% of pupils at St Mark's Church of England 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 St Mark's Church of England Primary School had 21.6 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, 8.2% of pupils at St Mark's Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 4 pupils.

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 St Mark's Church of England Primary School received £6,399 and spent £6,799 for each of its 432 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £367,000 (£852 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of One Excellence Multi Academy Trust, income was £8,466 and spending £8,655 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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St Mark's Church of England Primary School is part of One Excellence Multi Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Pentland Primary School Billingham
• St Michael's Church of England Primary School Ferryhill
• Evenwood Church of England Primary School Bishop Auckland

What is St Mark's Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Mark's Church of England Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was St Mark's Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Mark's Church of England Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does St Mark's Church of England Primary School have?

St Mark's Church of England Primary School has 437 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Mark's Church of England Primary School cover?

St Mark's Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Mark's Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Mark's Church of England Primary School?

St Mark's Church of England Primary School is at St Mark's Close, Bishopton Road West, Fairfield, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 7HA.