For many young people, primary school will the very first step of their educational career - and it’s important to start on the right foot.
We’re taking a look at the top-rated primary schools around the country to help families make an informed decision, starting with the North East. The region has proven itself to be a hotbed of high quality state-funded schools, but we’ve narrowed it down based on two main factors.
The first is schools rated as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted - meaning the quality of education provided, student behaviour and attitudes, school leadership and management, and student safeguarding have all been found to be excellent.
The second is the percentage of its pupils who completed the national curriculum’s key stage 2 in the 2022/23 school year, and met the expected standards for reading, writing and maths. We’ve selected only schools which surpassed both the national and local authority area’s averages.
Here were the 21 that scored the highest across the region:
5. Kirk Merrington Primary School
Kirk Merrington is a mixed primary school in Spennymoor, County Durham. It also had 83% of its students meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to 59% locally and 60% nationally. | Google
6. Framwellgate Moor Primary School
Framwellgate Moor is a mixed primary school in Durham. Last year 83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to 59% locally and 60% nationally. | Google
7. Fulwell Junior School
Fulwell is a mixed primary school in Sunderland. It had 83% of its pupil meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to 59% locally and 60% nationally. | Google
8. St Aloysius Catholic Junior School Academy
St Aloysius is a mixed Roman Catholic primary school in Hebburn, Tyne and Wear. Of its student body, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to 63% locally and 60% nationally. | Google