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St Anne's CofE Primary School

Primary · Bishop Auckland · DL14 6LS

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 9 October 2024

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At a glance

238 pupils · 101% of 236 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
13% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.st-annes-pri.durham.sch.uk
URN
114220

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 37 families named it first for 31 Reception places, 1.19 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.073 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.19 first-choice applications per place

31 places offered · 37 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.073 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.073 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers72%
County Durham average62.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Daresbury Primary SchoolWarrington · 99 miles awayGood85%
Woodstone Community Primary SchoolCoalville · 134 miles awayGood (2016)71%
Woodside Primary SchoolWaltham Cross · 214 miles awayNo current grade76%
Heddon-on-the-Wall, St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 24 miles awayGood69%
Cranwell Primary School (Foundation)Sleaford · 122 miles awayGood50%
Brookdale Primary SchoolWIRRAL · 105 miles awayGood69%
Long Bennington Church of England AcademyNewark · 121 miles awayGood76%
King's Academy GomerGosport · 268 miles awayGood75%
Badsworth Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant SchoolPontefract · 72 miles awayGood73%
Mereworth Community Primary SchoolMaidstone · 250 miles awayGood81%
Shevington Vale Primary SchoolWigan · 85 miles awayNeeds attention70%
Culverstone Green Primary SchoolGravesend · 244 miles awayRequires improvement52%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 93% (County Durham 90%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (County Durham 1%, England 3%) · Any other White background 1% (County Durham 2%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (County Durham 0%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (County Durham 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 3%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
6.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.44 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · County Durham: 3.75 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

30.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,626; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,672
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £367,639; in-year balance +£91,795

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier93.5%62.3%
Social housing1.2%17.1%
Privately rented5.3%20.5%
Detached houses32.8%22.9%
Flats0%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01020870 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£125,000359 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£75,500–£188,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (70)£244,000
Semi-detached (125)£147,000
Terraced (147)£80,000
Flat (17)£28,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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