Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery

School overview

Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery is a primary school serving Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 243 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery 'Requires improvement'. 58% 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 7.0 percentage points year on 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 101 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% 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 Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery their first choice was offered one of its 21 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 50% 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. If you are considering Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.