Ropery Lane, Chester le Street, County Durham DH3 3PH
10 reasons to choose St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street
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St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Chester le Street and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 47 members of Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2012) inspection.
Average class size
St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street has one class per year, and an average class size of 27 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street ranks in the top 13% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 18% of schools.
The St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and 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 and residential trips from Year 5.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street
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 5.45pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Chester-le-Street
The Chorister School (6.7 miles); Durham High School for Girls, Junior House (7.8 miles).
Red Rose Primary School (0.5 miles); Cestria Primary School (0.6 miles); Lumley Junior School (1.6 miles).
Durham School (6.5 miles); Durham High School for Girls (7.8 miles); Argyle House School (9.5 miles).
The Hermitage Academy (1.1 miles); Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy (3.3 miles); Framwellgate School Durham (5 miles).