Yarm County Primary School is a mixed state primary school in the town of Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees.
The school is an excellent school in the local area and was recently rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted. Ofsted inspectors commented “Yarm is an outstanding school as evidenced most notably in the high standards pupils attain and in the exceptional curriculum, care and support provided.” Because of the report, the school was placed within the top 6% of primary schools nationally. The current school Headteacher is Mrs. Jill Wood. The school benefits from many extra curricular activities and has a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) which has many fundraisers extending the budget.
Yarm's partner school is in Ojere, Kenya. They have been supplied with a laptop and a cow thanks to Yarm Primary
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