Community school · Primary
Houghton le Spring · DH5 9RA · Sunderland
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 114128
West Rainton Primary School
Community school · Houghton le Spring · DH4 6RN
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
148
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 Houghton le Spring, County Durham, 148 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 52%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 114128
Location
- Address
- West Rainton
- Postcode
- DH4 6RN
- Town
- Houghton le Spring
- County
- Tyne and Wear
- Local authority
- County Durham
- District
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham
- 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
- 148
- Boys / girls
- 70 / 78
- School capacity
- 168
- Capacity fill
- 148 / 168 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 52%
- FSM pupils
- 77
- 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 Alison McDonough
- Telephone
- 01915843805
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
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-03-22
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)
- 63%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0