Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary School, Chester le Street
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 9 months agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The school is a caring, inclusive place where all children feel valued and safe. Staff provide excellent support for children with additional needs and disadvantaged pupils, enabling them to access learning successfully. The newly improved early years provision is already helping children arrive in Year 1 better prepared for learning.
Key Strengths
- Warm, welcoming atmosphere where pupils feel safe and behaviour is typically positive
- Strong inclusive approach ensuring disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND receive effective, tailored support
- Well-developed early years provision helping children get off to a flying start
- Comprehensive personal development programme woven through the curriculum
- Effective pastoral care and attendance strategies, particularly for disadvantaged pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Too many pupils not achieving expected standard in phonics screening check
- Significant minority of pupils have gaps in reading, with older pupils not getting enough support to develop fluency
- Weak progress in writing, grammar, punctuation, handwriting and spelling across the school
- Some pupils with learning gaps not receiving adequate support to catch up with peers
- Some parents feel their concerns are not addressed quickly enough
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Theatre trips, visits to local places of interest, visits to London, local church visits, art and music activities
Chester-Le-Street CofE Primary School is an inclusive school where leaders prioritise pastoral care and have recently redesigned the curriculum to help pupils know and remember more. However, achievement in reading and writing needs improvement, with too many pupils not meeting expected standards.
At a Glance
23.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 59% to 71%. Maths has improved from 51% to 74%. Writing has improved from 71% to 76%.
Class Sizes
20.8
Avg class size
29.0
Infant (KS1)
25.4
KS2
11
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
62%
Available places
260 pupils
418 capacity
158 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Chester le Street
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Chester le Street
Admissions Demand - County Durham
Places available
6,592
Applications
4,491
Got 1st preference
96.4%
Got preferred school
99.2%
Primary admissions across County Durham (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.55893%
Overall absence
14.28571%
Persistent absence
210
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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