Primary
Bullion Lane Primary School
Bullion Lane, Chester le Street, DH2 2DP
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 292 of 315 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 32.5
- Pupils per adult
- 8.5
- Pupils
- 276
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
94%
25 points above the Chester le Street average (69% across 16 schools)
109.0
3.1 above the Chester le Street average (105.9 across 16 schools)
2nd of 16 by our score, among the primary schools in Chester le Street we can score - 18 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 107 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 94% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 86% |
| 23/24 | 92% |
| 24/25 | 94% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 111.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
Bullion Lane, Chester le Street, DH2 2DP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
County Durham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head Teacher
- Sarah Barningham
- Address
- Bullion Lane, Chester le Street, DH2 2DP
- Telephone
- 01913882482