Kirk Merrington Primary School
Primary • Community school • Open
Contact
South View
Kirk Merrington
Spennymoor, County Durham DL16 7JB
School Profile
- Phase
- Primary
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Religious ethos
- Does not apply
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Capacity
- 172
- Pupils
- 172 (Boys: 82, Girls: 90)
- Free School Meals
- 11%
- Capacity utilisation
- 100% (172 / 172)
- Establishment type
- Community school
- Type group
- Local authority maintained schools
- Trust
- n/a
- Federation
- n/a
- SEN provision
- None reported
- Resourced provision
- None
- Opened
- n/a
- Status
- Open
Key identifiers
- URN
- 114074
- LAESTAB
- 8402361
- UKPRN
- 10072167
- Establishment No.
- 2361
- Ofsted phase
- Primary
Ofsted
Outstanding (Grade 1)
published 24 Apr 2024
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour & attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Outstanding
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
9
At a glance
- Total pupils
- 165
- Age range
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Faith
- Non-faith
What do Ofsted grades mean?
- Outstanding (1) – Highest judgement.
- Good (2) – Strong overall effectiveness.
- Requires improvement (3) – Not yet good.
- Inadequate (4) – Significant weaknesses.
Ungraded visits (Section 8) check whether the previous grade still stands (e.g. “School remains Good”)
but don’t replace the last graded judgement.
Inspection history
-
Outstanding24 Apr 2024Type: S5 InspectionQuality: OutstandingBehaviour: OutstandingPersonal dev: OutstandingLeadership: OutstandingEarly years: OutstandingSixth form: 9
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective
(24 Apr 2024)