Deaf Hill Primary School
Station Road West, Trimdon Station, TS29 6BP
This school is closed (it closed in February 2024).
It was replaced by Deaf Hill Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Newton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sedgefield
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 182
- Pupils on roll
- 167
- URN
- 114144
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Deaf Hill Primary School was a community primary school in Trimdon Station. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 167 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Deaf Hill 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 | 20 | 19 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 42% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 42% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 30% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - |
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 Deaf Hill 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 | 45% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 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 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 169 |
| 2023/24 | 167 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Deaf Hill Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 9.4% | 54.1% | 167 | — |
| Deaf Hill Primary School | 69% | 8.3% | 56.8% | 154 | 0.0 miles |
| Wingate Primary School | — | — | — | 347 | 1.4 miles |
| St Marys Catholic Primary School, Wingate | 31% | 5.8% | 47.3% | 67 | 1.4 miles |
| Wheatley Hill Community Primary School | 68% | 7.4% | 50.8% | 445 | 1.5 miles |
| St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley | 43% | 4.8% | 23.2% | 75 | 1.6 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)
- 54.1%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.4%
- Persistent absence
- 35.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Deaf Hill Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Trimdon Station
-
Wingate Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Wingate
-
St Marys Catholic Primary School, Wingate1.4 miles
Primary · Co Durham
-
Wheatley Hill Community Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Durham
-
St Godrics Catholic Primary School, Thornley1.6 miles
Primary · Durham
Other schools in Trimdon Station
- Bluebell Meadow Primary School Primary
- Deaf Hill Primary School Primary
- St William's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Deaf Hill Primary School teach?
- Deaf Hill Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Trimdon Station.
- Has Deaf Hill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Deaf Hill 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 Deaf Hill Primary School?
- Deaf Hill Primary School had 167 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Deaf Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 42% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Deaf Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Deaf Hill 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.