Tudhoe Colliery Primary School
Front Street, Tudhoe Colliery, Spennymoor, DL16 6TJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- TUDHOE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Allison Boustead
- Sponsor
- Tudhoe Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 212
- URN
- 138557
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01388814399
About this school
Tudhoe Colliery Primary School is a primary academy in Spennymoor. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 212 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 90% | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 27% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 93% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 93% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 93% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 108.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.50 | - | - |
| 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 Tudhoe Colliery 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 | 63% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 90% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 72% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 210 |
| 2024/25 | 204 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tudhoe Colliery Primary School compares
Tudhoe Colliery Primary School ranked 53rd of 185 primary schools in County Durham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 72% | 3.6% | 16.2% | 212 | — |
| St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe | 73% | 4.1% | 14.8% | 232 | 0.9 miles |
| Springmoor Grange School | 58% | 4.8% | 21.3% | 415 | 1.0 miles |
| King Street Primary School | 53% | 5.7% | 44.4% | 224 | 1.2 miles |
| North Park Primary School | 56% | 7.1% | 69.1% | 243 | 1.2 miles |
| Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy | 70% | 3.7% | 38% | 245 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.18%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.61%
- Persistent absence
- 4.4%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe0.9 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
-
Springmoor Grange School1.0 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
-
King Street Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
-
North Park Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
-
Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy1.6 miles
Primary · Spennymoor
Other schools in Spennymoor
Tudhoe Colliery Primary School ranks 3rd of the 8 ranked primary schools in Spennymoor.
- Byers Green Primary School Primary
- King Street Primary School Primary
- Kirk Merrington Primary School Primary
- North Park Primary School Primary
- Rosa Street Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Springmoor Grange School Primary
- St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe Primary
- Tudhoe Moor Nursery School Nursery
- Whitworth Park Academy Secondary
- The Meadows Academy Academies
- The Oaks Secondary School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Tudhoe Colliery Primary School teach?
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Spennymoor.
- Who is the headteacher of Tudhoe Colliery Primary School?
- The headteacher of Tudhoe Colliery Primary School is Miss Allison Boustead, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Tudhoe Colliery Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tudhoe Colliery Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Tudhoe Colliery Primary School?
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School has 212 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Tudhoe Colliery Primary School full?
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 212 on roll (101%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Tudhoe Colliery Primary School a faith school?
- No. Tudhoe Colliery Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Tudhoe Colliery Primary School?
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School is part of TUDHOE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Tudhoe Colliery Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 72% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tudhoe Colliery Primary School rank locally?
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School ranked 53rd of 185 primary schools in County Durham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 71% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tudhoe Colliery Primary School's absence rate?
- Tudhoe Colliery Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tudhoe Colliery Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tudhoe Colliery 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 1 July 2026.