Etherley Lane Primary School
Primary schoolEtherley Lane Primary School is a primary school in County Durham, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 190 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 21 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 5 March 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 65% of pupils at Etherley Lane Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in County Durham and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101 | 104 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Etherley Lane Nursery SchoolNursery. Good (overall), September 202380 m
- Evergreen Primary SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, December 2022610 m
- King James I Academy Bishop AucklandSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 43.1 (2025/26, provisional)770 m
- St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- Cockton Hill Junior SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- Cockton Hill Infant SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024980 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in County Durham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).