Primary schools in Bishop Auckland

30 primary schools in Bishop Auckland, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.

Bishop Auckland in figures

For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 28 schools in Bishop Auckland first 425 times for 427 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the County Durham authority's 199 schools. 5 of the 28 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 4 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.82 miles (St Helen Auckland Community Primary School) to 3.19 miles (Toft Hill Primary School).

Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.

Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow LawGood · DL13 4AU
Cockfield Primary SchoolGood · DL13 5EN
Etherley Lane Primary SchoolGood · DL14 7RB
Frosterley Primary SchoolGood · DL13 2SN
Oakley Cross Primary School and NurseryGood · DL14 9UD
Prince Bishops Community Primary SchoolGood · DL14 8DY
Ramshaw Primary SchoolGood · DL14 9SD
St Andrew's AcademyGood · DL14 6RY
St Chad's Catholic Primary School, Witton ParkGood · DL14 0EP
St John's Chapel Primary SchoolGood · DL13 1QH
Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary SchoolGood · DL13 2NU
Toft Hill Primary SchoolGood · DL14 0JA
Tow Law Millennium Primary SchoolGood · DL13 4LF
Victoria Lane AcademyGood · DL14 8NN
Witton-le-Wear Primary SchoolGood · DL14 0BG
Woodland Primary SchoolGood · DL13 5RF
Cockton Hill Infant SchoolGood (2016) · DL14 6HW
Wearhead Primary SchoolGood (2019) · DL13 1BN
Escomb Primary SchoolExpected standard · DL14 7SR
Wolsingham Primary SchoolExpected standard · DL13 3ET
Butterknowle Primary SchoolNeeds attention · DL13 5PB
Cockton Hill Junior SchoolNeeds attention · DL14 6HW
Copeland Road Primary SchoolRequires improvement · DL14 9JJ
Hamsterley Primary SchoolRequires improvement · DL13 3QF
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, CoundonRequires improvement · DL14 8NN
Woodhouse Primary AcademyRequires improvement · DL14 6QW
Evenwood Church of England Primary SchoolNo current grade · DL14 9QZ
St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolNo current grade · DL14 6LS
St Helen Auckland Community Primary SchoolNot yet graded · DL14 9EN
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Bishop AucklandNo current grade · DL14 6QH

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