Crook Primary School is a primary school located in Crook. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 09/03/2018. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is below average, progress in reading and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.7%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Croft Avenue, Crook

School Information

Address: Croft Avenue, Crook, DL15 8QG
Website: www.crookprimary.org.uk
Telephone: 01388762400
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: County Durham
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Antonella Lupton
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 114056

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 09/03/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 2 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 450
Number of Pupils: 406
Number of Boys: 199
Number of Girls: 207

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.5% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: -5.5 Confidence interval -7.1 to -3.9
Writing
Below Average: -1.6 Confidence interval -3 to -0.1
Maths
Well Below Average: -4.1 Confidence interval -5.5 to -2.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:43%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:8%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:100
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:101
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Crook Primary School
Croft Avenue , DL15 8QG
3out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Cuthberts Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Church Hill , DL15 9DN
3out of 4 790 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Hartside Primary Academy
Hartside , DL15 9NN
3out of 4 802 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Howden-le-Wear Primary School
School Street , Howden-le-Wear DL15 8HJ
4out of 4 2,131 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Peases West Primary School
Billy Row , DL15 9SZ
3out of 4 2,276 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.