Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School
Town End, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle, DL12 0TG
This school is closed (it closed in March 2024).
It was replaced by Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Catherine Harris
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village in a sparse setting
- Capacity
- 175
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- URN
- 114109
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School was a community primary school in Barnard Castle. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 87 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 17 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 64% |
| Expected standard in maths | 41% | 64% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 53% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -4.70 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.40 | - |
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 Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and 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 | 18% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 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 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 87 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.7% | 21.8% | 87 | — |
| Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy | 58% | 4.6% | 23.2% | 73 | 0.0 miles |
| Cotherstone Primary School | 40% | 7.3% | 18.3% | 66 | 5.2 miles |
| Woodland Primary School | — | 2.8% | 12% | 25 | 7.6 miles |
| Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School | — | 4.3% | 4.7% | 39 | 7.7 miles |
| Montalbo Nursery & Primary School | 85% | 4.3% | 14.2% | 240 | 8.0 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.8%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.7%
- Persistent absence
- 6.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Barnard Castle
-
Cotherstone Primary School5.2 miles
Primary · Barnard Castle
-
Woodland Primary School7.6 miles
Primary · Bishop Auckland
-
Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School7.7 miles
Primary · Barnard Castle
-
Montalbo Nursery & Primary School8.0 miles
Primary · Barnard Castle
Other schools in Barnard Castle
- Bowes Hutchinson's CofE (Aided) School Primary
- Cotherstone Primary School Primary
- Green Lane Church of England Primary School Primary
- Middleton-In-Teesdale Academy Primary
- Montalbo Nursery & Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Barnard Castle Primary
- Teesdale School and Sixth Form Secondary
- Barnard Castle School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School teach?
- Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Barnard Castle.
- Has Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and 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 Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School?
- Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School had 87 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 18% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Middleton-in-Teesdale Nursery and 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.