School Street, Howden-le-Wear, Crook, County Durham DL15 8HJ
10 reasons to choose Howden-le-Wear Primary School
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Howden-le-Wear Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It is one of the best state primary schools in Crook and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Howden-le-Wear Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 2 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 17 members of Advance Learning Partnership. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2015) inspection.
Average class size
Howden-le-Wear Primary School has six classes, some mixed-age, a pre-school, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Howden-le-Wear Primary School ranks in the top 31% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 39% of schools.
The Howden-le-Wear Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School or outdoor learning for all year groups and residential trips from Year 4.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Howden-le-Wear Primary School
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Representative teams in some sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Howden-le-Wear Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.00pm.
Find another school near Howden-le-Wear Primary School
Durham High Prep School (10.7 miles); The Chorister School (11.1 miles).
Sunnybrow Primary School (2.8 miles); Our Lady & St Thomas Roman Catholic Primary School, Willington (3.1 miles); Stanley Crook Primary School (3.5 miles).
Durham School (10.4 miles); Durham High School (10.7 miles); Barnard Castle School (15.8 miles).
Parkside Academy (3.5 miles); St John’s School & Sixth Form College – A Catholic Academy (4.8 miles); Wolsingham School (6.7 miles).