Byers Green Primary School
Wear View, Byers Green, Spennymoor, DL16 7PN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Gill Dodds
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 75
- URN
- 114070
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01388603483
About this school
Byers Green Primary School is a community primary school in Spennymoor. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 75 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Byers Green Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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 | 16 | 13 | 8 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 54% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 62% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 54% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 69% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.00 | - | - |
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 Byers Green 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 | 54% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78 |
| 2023/24 | 72 |
| 2024/25 | 72 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Byers Green Primary School compares
Byers Green Primary School ranked 100th of 185 primary schools in County Durham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 4.8% | 41.7% | 75 | — |
| St Stephen's Church of England Primary School | 58% | 5.8% | 34.7% | 213 | 1.2 miles |
| Willington Primary School | 56% | 7% | 64.4% | 156 | 1.5 miles |
| Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington | 50% | 4.1% | 25.7% | 122 | 1.7 miles |
| Sunnybrow Primary School | 36% | 6.3% | 69.1% | 54 | 2.0 miles |
| Hunwick Primary School | — | — | — | 114 | 2.0 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)
- 41.67%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.81%
- Persistent absence
- 5.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Willington Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Our Lady and St Thomas Catholic Primary School, Willington1.7 miles
Primary · Crook,
-
Sunnybrow Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Crook
-
Hunwick Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Crook
Other schools in Spennymoor
Byers Green Primary School ranks 5th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Spennymoor.
- King Street Primary School Primary
- Kirk Merrington Primary School Primary
- North Park Primary School Primary
- Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Springmoor Grange School Primary
- St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe Primary
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School Primary
- Tudhoe Moor Nursery School Nursery
- Whitworth Park Academy Secondary
- The Meadows Academy Academies
- The Oaks Secondary School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Byers Green Primary School teach?
- Byers Green Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Spennymoor.
- Who is the headteacher of Byers Green Primary School?
- The headteacher of Byers Green Primary School is Miss Gill Dodds, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Byers Green Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Byers Green 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 many pupils are at Byers Green Primary School?
- Byers Green Primary School has 75 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Byers Green Primary School full?
- Byers Green Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 75 on roll (71%), 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 Byers Green Primary School a faith school?
- No. Byers Green Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Byers Green Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Byers Green Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Byers Green 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 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Byers Green Primary School compare with other schools in County Durham?
- Byers Green Primary School ranked 100th of 185 primary schools in County Durham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Byers Green Primary School's absence rate?
- Byers Green Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Byers Green Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Byers Green 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.