Dancers back to competing!

It was great to get back to showcasing our dance talents at the Primary Dance Festival at Durham’s Gala Theatre in April 2022. A mixed-age group of 25 pupils performed a beautiful contemporary routine to ‘Speechless’ from Aladdin. Following that, our...

The football season returns!

It’s been a long wait for our footballers to get back to inter-school competition, so they were so excited when autumn brought about the opportunity to play in a tournament with Durham SSP. The team kicked off their season with a narrow defeat, 1-0, but...

Gala Theatre Stage School

In autumn 2021, we were delighted to bring in our friends from the Gala Theatre, Durham to lead a ten-week after-school performing arts club for pupils in Y2-6 identified as having particular talents in this area. Musical theatre is something we are very passionate...

The launch of the new colliery banner

Our school had the privilege to be the leaders in a community project to restore and revive a pivotal part of West Rainton and Leamside’s heritage with the creation of a brand new colliery banner. Our village only exists as it is now because of coal, and we are...