Middlestone Moor Primary School
Rock Road, Durham, DL16 7DA
This school is closed (it closed in December 2022).
It was replaced by Middlestone Moor Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Gemma Richardson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 278
- Pupils on roll
- 279
- URN
- 131886
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Middlestone Moor Primary School was a community primary school in Durham. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 279 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Middlestone Moor Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1999, 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 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 37 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 62% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 |
| Writing progress | -1.40 |
| Maths progress | -1.70 |
How Middlestone Moor Primary School compares
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | — | — | 279 | — |
| Middlestone Moor Academy | 71% | 5.3% | 40.4% | 265 | 0.0 miles |
| Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy | 70% | 3.7% | 38% | 245 | 0.4 miles |
| King Street Primary School | 53% | 5.7% | 44.4% | 224 | 0.9 miles |
| North Park Primary School | 56% | 7.1% | 69.1% | 243 | 1.0 miles |
| Springmoor Grange School | 58% | 4.8% | 21.3% | 415 | 1.1 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.
Location
Nearby schools
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Middlestone Moor Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Durham
-
Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
-
King Street Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
-
North Park Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
-
Springmoor Grange School1.1 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
Other schools in Durham
- All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester Primary
- Bearpark Primary School Primary
- Belmont Cheveley Park Primary School Primary
- Belmont CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Blue Coat CofE (Aided) Junior School Primary
- Brandon Primary Academy Primary
- Burnhope Primary School Primary
- Cassop Primary School Primary
- Coxhoe Primary School Primary
- Durham Gilesgate Primary School Primary
- Durham Newton Hall Infants' School Primary
- Edmondsley Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Middlestone Moor Primary School teach?
- Middlestone Moor Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Durham.
- Has Middlestone Moor Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Middlestone Moor 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 Middlestone Moor Primary School?
- Middlestone Moor Primary School had 279 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- What are Middlestone Moor Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Middlestone Moor 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 31 December 2022.