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Welcome to Red Rose
Primary School

Aim High
Be Proud!

A message from our Head Teacher

On behalf of the children, staff and governing body, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to Red Rose Primary School, Chester-le-Street.

Our school motto is ‘Aim High, Be Proud’ and we have a long and established reputation of providing a rich and stimulating education for our pupils.  Our values of Respect – Excellence – Determination – Responsibility – Opportunity – Support for Others – Equality. Everything we do aims to encapsulate those aims and values.

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Learn about Red Rose

Values & Ethos

Find out more about our motto and our seven values. 

Key Information

Look through our key information in this section.

Ofsted Report

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills.

Curriculum

At Red Rose Primary School, our broad curriculum can be viewed here.

New Nursery Provision: From September 2026, we are offering nursery provision.
Please contact the school office to request a place.

School News

Bikeability course in Chester-le-Street School with Nursery

Year 6 Pedal to Success with Bikeability!

This week, our fantastic Year 6 pupils swapped the classroom for two wheels as they took part in the Bikeability course. The program is designed to give children the vital skills they need to ride safely on the roads, as well as teaching them how to look after and...
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Looking at Manta Rays in Chester-le-Street School with Nursery

Inspired by Manta Rays

Key Stage 1 This morning, our classrooms were transformed into an underwater world as our students took part in an exciting live webinar: "Dive into the World of Manta Rays" with the incredible marine charity, The Manta Trust. The children loved virtually diving into...
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Enterprise week at Chester-le-Street school with nursery

Enterprise week

This week is Enterprise Week for our year 6 class. A wide variety of stalls sold products like cookies, cakes, milkshakes, rock art, nachos, pop,  messages of wisdom and pix 'n' mix. Then there were great activities like penalty shoot out, splat the rat, guess the...
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Chester-le-Street school with nursery visited Durham cathedral

Year 3 and 4 at Durham Cathedral

Our year 3 and 4 pupils visited Durham Cathedral this week to see the amazing building, fantastic stained glass windows - new and old - and examine the incredible Lego representation of this 900 year old building.
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Healthy Eating at Chester-le-Street school with nursery

Healthy Eating in KS1

Today, our Year 1 and Year 2 children took part in a hands-on Healthy Eating Workshop delivered by the fantastic team at Chartwells. The children became nutrition superstars as they explored how the food we eat fuels our bodies.  Throughout the interactive session,...
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