Primary
St Oswald's Church of England Aided Primary and Nursery School
Church Street, Durham, DH1 3DQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 137 of 140 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Religious character
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Durham
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 17.1
- Pupils per adult
- 8.1
- Pupils
- 138
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 September 2022
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
74%
8 points above the Durham average (66% across 42 schools)
107.0
1.4 above the Durham average (105.6 across 42 schools)
13th of 42 by our score, among the primary schools in Durham we can score - 44 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 | 108 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 74% |
| Working at a higher standard | 5% |
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 | 80% |
| 24/25 | 74% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
Church Street, Durham, DH1 3DQ
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
- Headteacher
- Donna Wilson-Smith
- Address
- Church Street, Durham, DH1 3DQ
- Telephone
- 01913868029
Other primary schools nearby
- St Margaret's Church of England Primary School6.7/10
- Laurel Avenue Community Primary School5.8/10
- Neville's Cross Primary School and Nursery6.4/10
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Gilesgate8.0/10
- St Hild's College Church of England Primary School, DurhamNot enough data
- Durham Gilesgate Primary School5.5/10