Sugar Hill Primary School

Sugar Hill Primary School at a glance

Located in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, Sugar Hill Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 459 pupils aged 3 to 11. 52% 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 19.0 percentage points compared with the previous 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). 5% 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 Sugar Hill Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 44 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. Sugar Hill 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.