Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery
Primary school in Newton Aycliffe, Durham. Requires improvement (Dec 2021).
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 8 December 2021, report published 30 January 2022, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
This grade was given to Woodham Burn Community Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Woodham Burn Community Primary School and Nursery hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around June 2024
The last inspection was in December 2021. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2027 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.2 milesStephenson Way Academy and Nursery School
Good (Oct 2022)
- 0.2 milesSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Good (Sep 2022)
- 0.5 milesSugar Hill Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Feb 2025)
- 0.5 milesSt Francis Horndale CofE Primary School
School remains Good (Jun 2024)
- 0.6 milesSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton Aycliffe
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Apr 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.