Woodham Burn Community Primary School
Humphrey Close, Newton Aycliffe, DL5 4EX
This school is closed (it closed in May 2023).
It was replaced by Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Kieran Pavey
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sedgefield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 330
- Pupils on roll
- 240
- URN
- 109302
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Woodham Burn Community Primary School was a community primary school in Newton Aycliffe. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 240 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Woodham Burn Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2006, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.90 |
| Writing progress | 0.00 |
| Maths progress | -3.40 |
How Woodham Burn Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.1% | 57.1% | 240 | — |
| Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery | 58% | 7.1% | 50.2% | 222 | 0.0 miles |
| Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School | 29% | 8.4% | 69.7% | 285 | 0.2 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 84% | 6% | 39% | 150 | 0.2 miles |
| Sugar Hill Primary School | 52% | 6.2% | 31.5% | 448 | 0.5 miles |
| St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School | 25% | 7.3% | 75.6% | 147 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 57.1%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.1%
- Persistent absence
- 24.8%
Location
Nearby schools
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Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Newton Aycliffe
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Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School0.2 miles
Primary · Newton Aycliffe
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Newton Aycliffe
-
Sugar Hill Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Newton Aycliffe
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St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Newton Aycliffe
Other schools in Newton Aycliffe
- Aycliffe Village Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Byerley Park Primary School Primary
- Heighington Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Francis Horndale CofE Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe Primary
- Stephenson Way Academy and Nursery School Primary
- Sugar Hill Primary School Primary
- Vane Road Primary School Primary
- Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Greenfield Academy Secondary
- UTC South Durham Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodham Burn Community Primary School teach?
- Woodham Burn Community Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Newton Aycliffe.
- Has Woodham Burn Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Woodham Burn Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Woodham Burn Community Primary School?
- Woodham Burn Community Primary School had 240 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- What are Woodham Burn Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodham Burn Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 11 September 2023.