Kirk Merrington Primary School

Primary school

Kirk Merrington Primary School is a primary school in County Durham, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 180 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Outstanding (overall), March 2024

Inspection: Graded inspection, 5 March 2024
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
Quality of education: Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
Personal development: Outstanding
Leadership and management: Outstanding

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 Education

In 2024/25, 83% of pupils at Kirk Merrington Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% in County Durham and 62% in England.

6% 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	83%	62%	62%
Reached the higher standard	6%	8%	8%
Average scaled score in reading	107	105	106
Average scaled score in maths	107	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

Ferryhill SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, September 2022. Attainment 8 of 39.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.6 km

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).