Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School

Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School, part of Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Learning Trust, is a high-performing school overall. Pupils achieve significantly above national averages in key stage 2 national tests and the Year 1 phonics screening check, and disadvantaged pupils also achieve well, especially in mathematics. Attendance is typically above national levels, behaviour is calm and respectful, and pupils feel safe. Inclusion is a clear strength: leaders identify needs precisely, use expert advice, and ensure pupils with SEND and those joining later are well supported. Leadership and governance are also strong, with effective trust support helping the school improve despite a significant rise in pupil numbers, and staff feel valued and supported. Safeguarding standards are met. Personal development and wellbeing are a notable strength, with a tailored curriculum covering safety, relationships, health, British values and careers. The early years environment is inspiring and nurturing, and children settle quickly. However, curriculum and teaching, and early years, are at the expected standard rather than strong. Teaching is not yet consistently effective at identifying and addressing knowledge gaps and misconceptions quickly, and some pupils are not consistently supported with pencil grip, letter and number formation, and early sentence punctuation. In early years, provision is not consistently high in supporting oracy, pencil grip, early writing and number development, and some activities are inaccessible when children lack prerequisite knowledge. Leaders now need to strengthen monitoring so teaching is consistently high across all year groups and subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils' performance in key stage 2 national tests and the Year 1 phonics screening check is significantly above national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve well, particularly in mathematics.
• Attendance is typically above national averages, with low levels of persistent absence.
• Pupils behave well; classrooms are calm, respectful and purposeful.
• Bullying is rare and, when it occurs, is dealt with quickly and effectively.
• Inclusion is a clear priority, with precise identification of needs and effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Leaders are ambitious for disadvantaged pupils and those who join the school later, helping them catch up and achieve well.
• Leadership and governance are committed and effective, with strong trust support and robust oversight.
• Staff feel valued and supported, and professional learning is promoted well.
• The personal development and wellbeing curriculum is deliberate, high-quality and tailored to pupils' needs.
• Pupils are well prepared for life in modern Britain and for secondary school.
• Early years provides an inspiring, well-resourced and nurturing environment where children settle quickly.
• The curriculum is ambitious, well sequenced and builds pupils' knowledge and skills over time.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching is not consistently effective at identifying and addressing pupils' knowledge gaps and misconceptions quickly.
• Early years provision is not consistently high in supporting children's oracy, pencil grip, early writing and number development.
• Not all staff consistently check that pupils use an efficient pencil grip or form numbers and letters correctly.
• Some pupils at the earliest stages of writing are not always supported to use capital letters and full stops.
• Some early years activities are not easily accessible when children have gaps in their knowledge, such as numbers beyond 10.
• Some checks on how well pupils recall prior knowledge are less effective.
• Monitoring of teaching across all year groups and subjects needs further enhancement.

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 Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.9% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Egglescliffe 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 Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School had 25.6 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, 14.2% of pupils at Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% 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 Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School received £5,789 and spent £5,464 for each of its 247 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £198,000 (£803 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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Egglescliffe Church of England 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
• Bishopton Redmarshall CofE Primary School Bishopton
• St John's Church of England Academy Darlington
• Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Hartlepool
• St Aidan's Church of England Memorial Primary School Hartlepool
• Heighington Church of England Primary School Newton Aycliffe
• Ward Jackson Church of England Primary School Hartlepool
• Gainford Church of England Primary School and Preschool Darlington

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

The latest Ofsted rating for Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School have?

Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School has 240 pupils on roll.

What age range does Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School cover?

Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 94% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School?

Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School is at Butts Lane, Egglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 9BT.