Kelloe Primary School
Front Street, Kelloe, DH6 4PG
This school is closed (it closed in February 2024).
It was replaced by Kelloe Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Newton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- City of Durham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 141
- URN
- 114081
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Kelloe Primary School was a community primary school in Kelloe. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 141 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Kelloe 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 | 10 | 20 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 70% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - |
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 Kelloe 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 | 60% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 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 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 134 |
| 2023/24 | 141 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kelloe Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.7% | 41% | 141 | — |
| Kelloe Primary School | 76% | 5.4% | 42.3% | 124 | 0.0 miles |
| Cassop Primary School | 53% | 6.3% | 21.4% | 114 | 0.8 miles |
| Coxhoe Primary School | 84% | 4.2% | 21.6% | 309 | 1.7 miles |
| Bowburn Primary School | — | — | — | 438 | 2.1 miles |
| West Cornforth Primary School | 83% | 6.2% | 50% | 251 | 2.3 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41%
- English as an additional language
- 7.1%
- Overall absence
- 6.7%
- Persistent absence
- 18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kelloe Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Kelloe
-
Cassop Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Durham
-
Coxhoe Primary School1.7 miles
Primary · Durham
-
Bowburn Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Bowburn
-
West Cornforth Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Ferryhill
Other schools in Kelloe
- Kelloe Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Kelloe Primary School teach?
- Kelloe Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Kelloe.
- Has Kelloe Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Kelloe 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 Kelloe Primary School?
- Kelloe Primary School had 141 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Kelloe Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Kelloe Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kelloe 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.