Greatham CofE Primary School

Greatham CofE Primary School is a small, fully inclusive church school where inspectors found strong practice across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development and well-being. Safeguarding standards are met. Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve highly; key stage 2 outcomes are consistently above national averages, and the additionally resourced provision supports pupils with complex needs to make positive progress. Attendance has improved over three years and is above national averages, with persistent absence falling significantly, including for disadvantaged pupils. Pupils behave extremely well in a calm, respectful environment, and the broad, well-sequenced curriculum is supported by strong staff subject knowledge and effective adaptation for pupils with SEND. Early years provision is welcoming and well designed, and personal development is impressive, including careers education, local safety learning and a wide range of opportunities. Leadership and governance are effective, with governors providing appropriate support and challenge and staff feeling valued. The school is part of Melrose Learning Trust. Inspectors identified no areas of concern; the main next step is to sustain the effectiveness of current work and continue improving so that all pupils, particularly disadvantaged pupils and those facing barriers, benefit.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive school where disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND access a high-quality academic and personal education.
• Strong key stage 2 outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics, consistently above national averages.
• Pupils with complex needs in the additionally resourced provision make consistently positive progress against individual targets.
• Attendance has improved over three years and is above national averages, with persistent absence reduced significantly.
• Pupils behave extremely well and enjoy a calm, respectful environment from the early years onwards.
• Broad, ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum from the early years to Year 6, supported by expert staff subject knowledge.
• Teachers check understanding rigorously and address misunderstandings quickly so pupils develop deep knowledge.
• Early years provision promotes confidence, independence, language development and a love of reading and writing.
• Effective support and swift interventions help pupils with SEND learn alongside peers and access the full curriculum.
• Personal development offer is impressive, including careers education, STEM opportunities, local safety learning and community involvement.
• Leadership and governance are effective, with strong support and challenge and a collegial staff culture.
• Safeguarding standards are met and pupils feel safe and valued.

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 Greatham CofE Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.1% 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 Greatham 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 Greatham CofE Primary School had 15.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.7% 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, 14.0% of pupils at Greatham CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 9 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 Greatham CofE Primary School received £9,965 and spent £9,576 for each of its 94 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £115,000 (£1,227 per pupil).

Across all 12 schools of Melrose Learning Trust, income was £6,415 and spending £6,505 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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Greatham CofE Primary School is part of Melrose Learning Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Prior's Mill CofE Primary School Billingham
• Wynyard Church of England Primary School Wynyard
• Hutton Henry CofE (Controlled) Primary School Hartlepool
• Easington CofE Primary School Peterlee
• Cleves Cross Primary and Nursery School Academy Ferryhill
• Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy Spennymoor
• St Mary's Cockerton Church of England Primary School Darlington
• St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, Durham Durham
• Abbey Junior School Darlington
• Abbey Infants' School Darlington

What is Greatham CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greatham CofE Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Greatham CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greatham CofE Primary School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Greatham CofE Primary School have?

Greatham CofE Primary School has 107 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greatham CofE Primary School cover?

Greatham CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 100% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greatham CofE Primary School?

Greatham CofE Primary School is at Egerton Terrace, Greatham, Hartlepool, TS25 2EU.