Ludworth Primary School

Community school·Primary school County Durham·DH6 1LZ
Composite score
52.1
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#6,489
National rank
#364
In North East
#80
In County Durham
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
64%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 9 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
12
any preference, for 9 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020230.8820241.0020251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ludworth 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
92
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
59.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,794
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Ludworth Primary School at a glance

Located in County Durham, Ludworth Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 92 pupils aged 2 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 top 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Ludworth Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 9 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 17.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 59% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Ludworth Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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