Langley Park Primary School

Langley Park Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement overall, with notable strengths in behavior and attitudes and personal development. The school creates a nurturing and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to develop independence and resilience. Although there are high expectations for pupils' achievement and an ambitious curriculum in place, the implementation lacks consistency, leading to gaps in pupil knowledge and achievement. This is particularly evident in subjects such as mathematics, where opportunities to apply knowledge are insufficient, and not all aspects of the curriculum are being taught regularly or effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and safe in a nurturing environment.
• Staff demonstrate high expectations for pupil achievement.
• Good support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Early reading curriculum is prioritized and delivered consistently.
• Pupils have positive attitudes to learning and support each other in class.

Areas for Improvement

• Some parts of the curriculum are not implemented as intended.
• Insufficient depth in teaching key knowledge in some subjects.
• High rates of absence and persistent absence affect learning opportunities.
• Inconsistent monitoring of curriculum implementation.

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 Langley Park Primary School attended 92.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.0% 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, 1.7% of pupils at Langley Park 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 Langley Park Primary School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 42.6% 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, 14.8% of pupils at Langley Park 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 Langley Park Primary School received £8,863 and spent £10,113 for each of its 163 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £6,000 (£39 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Stanley Learning Partnership, income was £8,992 and spending £8,975 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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Langley Park Primary School is part of Stanley Learning Partnership, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Burnhope Primary School Durham
• Bloemfontein Primary School Stanley
• Greenland Community Primary School Stanley
• South Stanley Junior School Stanley
• South Stanley Infant and Nursery School Stanley
• Annfield Plain Infant School Stanley
• Annfield Plain Junior School Stanley
• East Stanley School Stanley
• Collierley Nursery and Primary School Stanley
• Benfieldside Primary School Consett

What is Langley Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langley Park Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Langley Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Langley Park Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Langley Park Primary School have?

Langley Park Primary School has 183 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langley Park Primary School cover?

Langley Park Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Langley Park Primary School?

Langley Park Primary School is at Langley Park, Durham, County Durham, DH7 9XN.