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Sugar Hill Primary School

Primary · County Durham · DL5 5NU · URN 114207

Ofsted OutstandingLast inspected 2025-02-04Cohort 448

Exam results, in full

Every figure below comes straight from the Department for Education performance tables. We show the coverage we hold, how the school compares with its local area and with England, and which part of the score each figure feeds, so you can see exactly how the ranking was built.

Key stage 2 results

Taken by pupils at the end of Year 6, so they describe a primary school.

2024-2025 results · cohort 60
4 of 4 headline figuresArea average from 195 schools in County Durham

  • Reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

    52%

    County Durham 60.2%England 61%

    8.2 percentage points below the area average of 60.2

    Overall standards

  • Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths

    5%

    County Durham 8.1%England 8%

    3.1 percentage points below the area average of 8.1

    Academic stretch

  • Average scaled score in reading

    104

    County Durham 105England 105

    1 below the area average of 105

    Overall standards

  • Average scaled score in maths

    104

    County Durham 103.96England 105

    In line with the area average of 104

    Overall standards

  • Average scaled score in grammar, punctuation and spelling

    105

    County Durham 104.8England 105

    In line with the area average of 104.8

    Overall standards

  • Higher standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling

    20%

    County Durham 25.9%England 32%

    5.9 percentage points below the area average of 25.9

    Academic stretch

  • Expected standard in reading

    72%

    County Durham 72.8%

    0.8 percentage points below the area average of 72.8

    Context only, not scored

  • Expected standard in writing

    65%

    County Durham 71.6%

    6.6 percentage points below the area average of 71.6

    Context only, not scored

  • Expected standard in maths

    80%

    County Durham 71.7%

    8.3 percentage points above the area average of 71.7

    Context only, not scored

  • Pupils in the results cohort

    60

    County Durham 27

    32.8 above the area average of 27.2

    Context only, not scored

Withheld figures are suppressed at source to protect small cohorts. Figures marked not published are ones the department no longer publishes for any school. Source: DfE performance tables, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Local authority average class size

Area benchmark

County Durham · State-funded schools · 2025/26

Primary classes
23.3 pupils per class

This is the council-area average, not this school’s class size. It is not used in your scorecard ranking.

Source: DfE school census · 2025/26

Published figures

English as an additional language
3.6% of pupils
Eligible for free school meals
31.8% of pupils
Pupils on SEN support
16.7% of pupils
Pupils per adult, including teaching assistants
11.9pupils per adult
Higher standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
20% of pupils
Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
5% of pupils
Pupils per teacher (2025/26 staff census)
24.2pupils per teacher
Reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
52% of pupils
Teachers who stayed the following year (3-year average)
95.7% of teachers

Data last refreshed 2026-10-12. Source: DfE and Ofsted open data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where it is

Distances are straight-line from the centre of your outward postcode, not a walking or driving route, and never a catchment or admissions prediction.

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Ofsted rated Sugar Hill Primary School Outstanding at its inspection on 04/02/2025.
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Sugar Hill Primary School is a primary school in County Durham, postcode DL5 5NU (URN 114207).
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