Pelton Community Primary School
Ouston Lane, Pelton, Chester le Street, DH2 1EZ
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Pelton Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Telfer
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Durham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 384
- Pupils on roll
- 341
- URN
- 134078
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Pelton Community Primary School was a community primary school in Chester le Street. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 341 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Pelton Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2003, 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 | 45 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 44% | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 52% |
| Expected standard in maths | 53% | 52% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.70 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -4.10 | - |
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 Pelton Community 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 | 44% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 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 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 340 |
| 2023/24 | 341 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Pelton Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.2% | 50% | 341 | — |
| Pelton Community Primary School | 48% | 7.1% | 50.2% | 290 | 0.0 miles |
| St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston | 59% | 3.4% | 7.7% | 217 | 0.5 miles |
| Ouston Primary School | 54% | 4.5% | 16.4% | 259 | 0.7 miles |
| Roseberry Primary and Nursery School | 64% | 5.3% | 27.9% | 266 | 1.0 miles |
| Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School | 66% | 6.6% | 30.6% | 260 | 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.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50%
- English as an additional language
- 2.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.2%
- Persistent absence
- 26.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Pelton Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Chester le Street
-
St Benet's Catholic Primary School, Ouston0.5 miles
Primary · Chester le Street
-
Ouston Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chester le Street
-
Roseberry Primary and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Chester le Street
-
Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Chester le Street
Other schools in Chester le Street
- Barley Mow Primary School Primary
- Bullion Lane Primary School Primary
- Cestria Primary School Primary
- Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School Primary
- Lumley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Lumley Junior School Primary
- Nettlesworth Primary School Primary
- Newker Primary School Primary
- Ouston Primary School Primary
- Pelton Community Primary School Primary
- Portobello Primary School Primary
- Ravensworth Terrace Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Pelton Community Primary School teach?
- Pelton Community Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Chester le Street.
- Has Pelton Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Pelton Community 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 Pelton Community Primary School?
- Pelton Community Primary School had 341 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Pelton Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 44% in 2022/23 and 36% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Pelton Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Pelton Community 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 10 July 2024.