Cassop Primary School

Community school·Primary school County Durham·DH6 4RA
Composite score
42.6
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National rank
#538
In North East
#128
In County Durham
Top 68%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
7 first choices, 7 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
28
any preference, for 7 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Cassop Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
123
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,780
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Cassop Primary School at a glance

Located in County Durham, Cassop Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 123 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 53% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 11.0 percentage points compared with the previous year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Cassop Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 7 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 19.3 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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