Easington CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Peterlee, County Durham·SR8 3BP
Composite score
59.8
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#3,980
National rank
#220
In North East
#52
In County Durham
Top 27%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
65%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
19 first choices, 22 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
56
any preference, for 22 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20231.1320241.0020250.862026

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

Every child who put Easington CofE 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
156
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,417
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Easington CofE Primary School is a primary school serving Peterlee, County Durham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 156 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 65% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 19.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 27% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% 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 Easington CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. Easington CofE 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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