Hunwick Primary School
Church Lane, Hunwick, Crook, DL15 0JX
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Hunwick Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stuart Joyce
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- City of Durham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 203
- Pupils on roll
- 112
- URN
- 114054
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Hunwick Primary School was a community primary school in Crook. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 112 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hunwick Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 21 | 17 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 65% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 6% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 76% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 71% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 53% | 88% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
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 Hunwick 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 | 67% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 112 |
| 2023/24 | 111 |
| 2024/25 | 112 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hunwick Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 3.4% | 16.7% | 112 | — |
| Hunwick Primary School | — | — | — | 114 | 0.0 miles |
| Sunnybrow Primary School | 36% | 6.3% | 69.1% | 54 | 1.2 miles |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | 58% | 5.8% | 34.7% | 213 | 1.5 miles |
| Willington Primary School | 56% | 7% | 64.4% | 156 | 1.6 miles |
| Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington | 50% | 4.1% | 25.7% | 122 | 1.7 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.67%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.44%
- Persistent absence
- 5.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hunwick Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Sunnybrow Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Crook
-
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Willington Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington1.7 miles
Primary · Crook,
Other schools in Crook
- Crook Primary School Primary
- Hartside Primary Academy Primary
- Howden-le-Wear Primary School Primary
- Hunwick Primary School Primary
- Peases West Academy Primary
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook Primary
- St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School Primary
- Sunnybrow Primary School Primary
- Willington Primary School Primary
- Parkside Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hunwick Primary School teach?
- Hunwick Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Crook.
- Has Hunwick Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hunwick 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 Hunwick Primary School?
- Hunwick Primary School had 112 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Hunwick Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hunwick Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hunwick 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 8 July 2025.