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Hunwick Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 114 pupils Crook
Ofsted: Good
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Hunwick Primary School is an academy converter in Crook for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has 114 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Hunwick Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024 of its predecessor, Hunwick Primary School. It has plenty of spare room: 49% of its places were unfilled in 2024/25, more than at most primary schools. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 26.4 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: February 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Church Lane
Hunwick
Crook
County Durham
DL15 0JX
Reference Number 151429

General Makeup

Number of pupils 114
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 57.89%
Girls: 42.11%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 20
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 3 12
2 8 6 14
3 5 11 16
4 9 2 11
5 9 5 14
6 11 9 20

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 95.6%
White & Black (African) 1.8%
White, Other 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Hunwick Primary School, inspected in May 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
07 Feb 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 11 1
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hunwick Primary School had 103 pupils for 203 places. 100 places (49.3%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Willington Primary” planning area

County Durham counted 92 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 78 in 2029–30, down 15%.

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 2025–26 Hunwick Primary School had 26.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 13.7
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 15.8% of pupils at Hunwick Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 8 0
Moderate learning difficulty 5 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 2
Social, emotional and mental health 2 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0

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.

Name Distance
Sunnybrow Primary School
Hunwick Lane, Crook, County Durham, DL15 0LT
1.21 miles
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School
Hall Lane, Willington, Crook, County Durham, DL15 0QH
1.54 miles
Willington Primary School
Chapel Street, Willington, Crook, County Durham, DL15 0EQ
1.57 miles
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington
Cumberland Terrace, Willington, Crook, County Durham, DL15 0PB
1.73 miles
Howden-le-Wear Primary School
School Street, Howden-le-Wear, Crook, County Durham, DL15 8HJ
1.87 miles
Byers Green Primary School
Wear View, Byers Green, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 7PN
2.02 miles
Escomb Primary School
Three Lane Ends, Escomb, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7SR
2.07 miles
Etherley Lane Primary School
Clarence Gardens, Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7RB
2.17 miles
Etherley Lane Nursery School
Hazel Grove, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7RF
2.19 miles
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton Park
The Baltic, Witton Park, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 0EP
2.23 miles
Crook Primary School
Croft Avenue, Crook, County Durham, DL15 8QG
2.35 miles
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook
Church Hill, Crook, County Durham, DL15 9DN
2.39 miles
Evergreen Primary School
Warwick Road, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6LS
2.45 miles
St Anne's CofE Primary School
Warwick Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6LS
2.57 miles
Cockton Hill Junior School
McIntyre Terrace, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6HW
2.78 miles
Cockton Hill Infant School
McIntyre Terrace, Cockton Hill, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6HW
2.78 miles
Hartside Primary Academy
Hartside, Crook, County Durham, DL15 9NN
2.78 miles
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop Auckland
Murphy Crescent, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6QH
2.8 miles
Witton-le-Wear Primary School
Witton-le-Wear Primary School, St James Gardens, Witton-le-Wear, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 0BG
2.8 miles
St Andrew's Academy
St Andrew's Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6RY
3.04 miles
Name Distance
Parkside Academy
Hall Lane Estate, Willington, Crook, County Durham, DL15 0QF
1.43 miles
The Grange Learning Centre
[Postcode DL15 0TY], Low Willington, County Durham, DL15 0TY
2.38 miles
King James I Academy Bishop Auckland
South Church Road, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7JZ
2.4 miles
Bishop Barrington Academy
Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6LA
2.6 miles
Bishop Auckland College
Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6JZ
2.63 miles
St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College
Woodhouse Lane, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6JT
2.68 miles
Norman Cornish Academy
Whitworth Lane, Spennymoor, DL16 7QW
3.56 miles
Whitworth Park Academy
Whitworth Lane, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 7LN
3.7 miles
The Oaks Secondary School
Rock Road, Spennymoor, DL16 7DB
3.8 miles

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Hunwick Primary School is part of Advance Learning Partnership, which runs 23 schools. The nearest others:

What is Hunwick Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hunwick Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024 of its predecessor, Hunwick Primary School.

When was Hunwick Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hunwick Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Hunwick Primary School have?

Hunwick Primary School has 114 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hunwick Primary School cover?

Hunwick Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Hunwick Primary School?

Hunwick Primary School is at Church Lane, Hunwick, Crook, County Durham, DL15 0JX.

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