Fishburn Primary School
East View, Fishburn, Stockton-on-Tees, TS21 4AU
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Fishburn Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Gemma Ferguson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sedgefield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 209
- Pupils on roll
- 146
- URN
- 114095
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Fishburn Primary School was a community primary school in Stockton-on-Tees. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 146 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Fishburn 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 | 15 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - |
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 Fishburn 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 | 47% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 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 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 153 |
| 2023/24 | 146 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fishburn Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 35% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.5% | 51.7% | 146 | — |
| Fishburn Primary School | 45% | 6.7% | 53.8% | 111 | 0.0 miles |
| St William's Catholic Primary School | 60% | 5.6% | 14.9% | 125 | 0.8 miles |
| Bluebell Meadow Primary School | 58% | 5.5% | 48.9% | 210 | 0.9 miles |
| Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy | 87% | 3.5% | 14% | 256 | 1.8 miles |
| St Michael's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 4.3% | 12.2% | 125 | 2.2 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)
- 51.7%
- English as an additional language
- 1.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.5%
- Persistent absence
- 17.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fishburn Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
St William's Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Trimdon Station
-
Bluebell Meadow Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Trimdon Station
-
Sedgefield Hardwick Primary Academy1.8 miles
Primary · Stockton-on-Tees
-
St Michael's Church of England Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Ferryhill
Other schools in Stockton-on-Tees
- Bader Primary School Primary
- Barley Fields Primary Primary
- Bowesfield Primary School Primary
- Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Catholic Academy Primary
- Crooksbarn Primary School Primary
- Durham Lane Primary School Primary
- Egglescliffe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Primary School Primary
- Fishburn Primary School Primary
- Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy Primary
- Hardwick Green Primary Academy Primary
- Harewood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Fishburn Primary School teach?
- Fishburn Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Stockton-on-Tees.
- Has Fishburn Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Fishburn 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 Fishburn Primary School?
- Fishburn Primary School had 146 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Fishburn Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Fishburn Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fishburn 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.