St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
Primary schoolSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe is a primary school in County Durham, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 162 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- 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 EducationIn 2024/25, 66% of pupils at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe 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 | 66% | 62% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102 | 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- Vane Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)390 m
- Woodham AcademySecondary. School remains Good, April 2023. Attainment 8 of 50.5 (2025/26, provisional)480 m
- Sugar Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- North East Centre for Autism - Aycliffe SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file900 m
- Woodham Burn Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), December 2021, before the school changed. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Thornbeck College - North East Autism SocietySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1 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).