Coxhoe Primary School
Community school · Primary
Durham · DH6 4EJ · County Durham
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 114079
West Cornforth Primary School
Community school · Ferryhill · DL17 9HP
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
251
Local authority
County Durham
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Ferryhill, County Durham, 251 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 47.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Ages 3–11
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Ages 3–11
Status: Open
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Dean Bank Primary and Nursery School
Community school · Primary
Ferryhill · DL17 8PP · County Durham
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
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Ferryhill Station Primary School
Community school · Primary
Ferryhill · DL17 0DB · County Durham
Ages 2–11
Status: Open
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Ages 2–11
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 114079
Location
- Address
- High Street, West Cornforth
- Postcode
- DL17 9HP
- Town
- Ferryhill
- County
- County Durham
- Local authority
- County Durham
- District
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 251
- Boys / girls
- 128 / 123
- School capacity
- 186
- Capacity fill
- 251 / 186 (135%)
- Free school meals
- 47.5%
- FSM pupils
- 105
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kathryn Costello
- Telephone
- 01740654315
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-09-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 50%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0