Hamsterley Primary School
Primary schoolHamsterley Primary School is a primary school in County Durham, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 36 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | County Durham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 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.
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).