Peases West Primary School
Billy Row, Crook, DL15 9SZ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Peases West Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Johnson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North West Durham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 96
- URN
- 114058
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Peases West Primary School was a community primary school in Crook. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 96 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Peases West 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 | 12 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | -3.20 | - |
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 Peases West 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 | 56% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Peases West Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.2% | 70% | 96 | — |
| Peases West Academy | 58% | 6.3% | 64% | 126 | 0.0 miles |
| Stanley (Crook) Primary School | 60% | 4.1% | 13.3% | 128 | 0.8 miles |
| Hartside Primary Academy | 63% | 5.7% | 34.2% | 241 | 0.9 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook | 69% | 6.3% | 39.7% | 117 | 1.1 miles |
| Crook Primary School | 52% | 5.5% | 42.2% | 342 | 1.3 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)
- 70%
- English as an additional language
- 1%
- Overall absence
- 7.2%
- Persistent absence
- 15.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Peases West Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Stanley (Crook) Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Hartside Primary Academy0.9 miles
Primary · Crook
-
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook1.1 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Crook Primary School1.3 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 ages does Peases West Primary School teach?
- Peases West Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Crook.
- Has Peases West Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Peases West 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 Peases West Primary School?
- Peases West Primary School had 96 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Peases West Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Peases West Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Peases West 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 31 December 2023.