Sunnybrow Primary School
Hunwick Lane, Crook, DL15 0LT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Sim
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- City of Durham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 54
- URN
- 114060
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01388746413
About this school
Sunnybrow Primary School is a community primary school in Crook. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 54 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 58% | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 58% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 83% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 75% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| 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 Sunnybrow 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 | 36% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 36% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 72 |
| 2023/24 | 64 |
| 2024/25 | 68 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sunnybrow Primary School compares
Sunnybrow Primary School ranked 173rd of 185 primary schools in County Durham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36% | 6.3% | 69.1% | 54 | — |
| Willington Primary School | 56% | 7% | 64.4% | 156 | 0.6 miles |
| Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington | 50% | 4.1% | 25.7% | 122 | 0.7 miles |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | 58% | 5.8% | 34.7% | 213 | 0.8 miles |
| Hunwick Primary School | — | — | — | 114 | 1.2 miles |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook | 69% | 6.3% | 39.7% | 117 | 1.5 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 69.12%
- English as an additional language
- 4.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.33%
- Persistent absence
- 26.23%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Willington Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington0.7 miles
Primary · Crook,
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St Stephen's Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Crook
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Hunwick Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Crook
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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Crook1.5 miles
Primary · Crook
Other schools in Crook
Sunnybrow Primary School ranks 9th of the 9 ranked primary 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
- Willington Primary School Primary
- Parkside Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sunnybrow Primary School teach?
- Sunnybrow Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Crook.
- Who is the headteacher of Sunnybrow Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sunnybrow Primary School is Mrs Claire Sim, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sunnybrow Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sunnybrow Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Sunnybrow Primary School?
- Sunnybrow Primary School has 54 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Sunnybrow Primary School full?
- Sunnybrow Primary School has capacity for 119 pupils and 54 on roll (45%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sunnybrow Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sunnybrow Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sunnybrow Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Sunnybrow Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Sunnybrow Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 36% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sunnybrow Primary School rank locally?
- Sunnybrow Primary School ranked 173rd of 185 primary schools in County Durham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sunnybrow Primary School's absence rate?
- Sunnybrow Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sunnybrow Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sunnybrow 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 30 June 2026.