Beamish Primary School
Co-operative Villas, Beamish, Stanley, DH9 0QN
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Beamish Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Telfer
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Durham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 91
- Pupils on roll
- 51
- URN
- 114021
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Beamish Primary School was a community primary school in Stanley. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 51 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Beamish Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 44% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 54% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.60 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Beamish Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | County Durham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 51 |
| 2023/24 | 51 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beamish Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 53.5% | 51 | — |
| Beamish Primary School | 29% | 7.3% | 50% | 48 | 0.0 miles |
| East Stanley School | 54% | 4.6% | 47.2% | 174 | 0.8 miles |
| West Pelton Primary School | 50% | 8.3% | 53.5% | 55 | 0.8 miles |
| Shield Row Primary School | 65% | 6.2% | 37.1% | 196 | 0.9 miles |
| Stanley Burnside Primary School | 62% | 7.7% | 68.8% | 174 | 0.9 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 53.5%
- English as an additional language
- 5.9%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 18.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beamish Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Stanley
-
East Stanley School0.8 miles
Primary · Stanley
-
West Pelton Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Stanley
-
Shield Row Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stanley
-
Stanley Burnside Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Stanley
Other schools in Stanley
- Annfield Plain Infant School Primary
- Annfield Plain Junior School Primary
- Beamish Primary School Primary
- Bloemfontein Primary School Primary
- Catchgate Primary School Primary
- Collierley Nursery and Primary School Primary
- East Stanley School Primary
- Greenland Community Primary School Primary
- Shield Row Primary School Primary
- South Stanley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- South Stanley Junior School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Stanley Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Beamish Primary School teach?
- Beamish Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Stanley.
- Has Beamish Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Beamish 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 Beamish Primary School?
- Beamish Primary School had 51 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Beamish Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 33% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Beamish Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beamish 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 9 July 2024.