Catchgate Primary School
Blackett Street, Stanley, DH9 8LX
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Catchgate Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Shaw
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Durham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 266
- Pupils on roll
- 244
- URN
- 114023
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Catchgate Primary School was a community primary school in Stanley. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 244 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Catchgate 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 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.30 | - |
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 Catchgate 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 | 50% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 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 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 268 |
| 2023/24 | 244 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Catchgate Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.3% | 49.3% | 244 | — |
| Catchgate Primary School | 50% | 6.6% | 50.5% | 206 | 0.0 miles |
| Annfield Plain Infant School | — | 5.5% | 36.8% | 106 | 0.5 miles |
| Annfield Plain Junior School | 53% | 5.7% | 55.5% | 99 | 0.6 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton | 70% | 4.6% | 25.4% | 141 | 1.1 miles |
| Collierley Nursery and Primary School | 72% | 5.6% | 36.2% | 147 | 1.2 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)
- 49.3%
- English as an additional language
- 3.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 17.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Catchgate Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Stanley
-
Annfield Plain Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Stanley
-
Annfield Plain Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Stanley
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Dipton1.1 miles
Primary · Stanley
-
Collierley Nursery and Primary School1.2 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 ages does Catchgate Primary School teach?
- Catchgate Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Stanley.
- Has Catchgate Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Catchgate 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 many pupils are at Catchgate Primary School?
- Catchgate Primary School had 244 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Catchgate Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Catchgate Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Catchgate 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.